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Pero Escobar

1401 - 1501

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Pero Escobar, also known as Pedro Escobar, was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator who discovered São Tomé (December 21, 1471), Annobón (January 1, 1472), Príncipe (January 17, 1472) islands, together with João de Santarém c. 1470. He is then recorded sailing with Diogo Cão on his first voyage in 1482, and as the pilot of the famous Bérrio caravel on Vasco da Gama's first expedition in 1497 to sail directly from Europe to India. He was also on Pedro Álvares Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pero Escobar is the 223rd most popular explorer (up from 249th in 2019). (up from 2,148th in 2019)

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Among explorers, Pero Escobar ranks 223 out of 498. Before him are Ohthere of Hålogaland, Pedro Cieza de León, Alejandro Malaspina, Jacob van Heemskerck, Hendrik Brouwer, and Joshua Slocum. After him are Mark Sykes, Juan de Garay, Francisco de Bobadilla, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, and Anthony van Diemen.

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Among people born in 1401, Pero Escobar ranks 15. Before him are Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Stephen Zápolya, George Sphrantzes, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Mesih Pasha, and Jorge Álvares. After him are Koca Davud Pasha, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, and Henricus Martellus Germanus. Among people deceased in 1501, Pero Escobar ranks 7. Before him are Ali-Shir Nava'i, John I Albert, Agostino Barbarigo, Gaspar Corte-Real, Mesih Pasha, and Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Konstantin Mihailović, Constantine Lascaris, Margaret of Thuringia, and Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine.

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