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Pêro Vaz de Caminha

1450 - 1500

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Pêro or Pero Vaz de Caminha (c. 1450 – 15 December 1500; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeɾu ˈvaʒ ðɨ kɐˈmiɲɐ]; also spelled Pedro Vaz de Caminha) was a Portuguese knight that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral to India in 1500 as a secretary to the royal factory. Caminha wrote the detailed official report of the April 1500 discovery of Brazil by Cabral's fleet (Carta de Pêro Vaz de Caminha, dated 1 May 1500). He died in a riot in Calicut, India, at the end of that year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pêro Vaz de Caminha is the 4,883rd most popular writer (down from 3,699th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 276th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 4,883 out of 7,302. Before him are Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Paul Theroux, Tua Forsström, Dương Thu Hương, Peter Ackroyd, and Eugenio Espejo. After him are Steven Millhauser, Antoni Malczewski, Kamala Surayya, Steven Erikson, Shōhei Ōoka, and Yuri Nagibin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 45. Before him are Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Sharif Ali, Lorenzo Cybo de Mari, Marfa Boretskaya, Alexander II of Imereti, and Zidanta II. After him are Carlo II Tocco, and William Warham. Among people deceased in 1500, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 17. Before him are Bartolomé Bermejo, John Morton, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, Wan Hu, and Álvaro Fernandes.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 347 out of 633. Before him are Simone de Oliveira (1938), Beto (1982), Paulo Ferreira (1979), Jorge de Montemor (1520), Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857), and Pedro Costa (1958). After him are João Lourenço (1942), Manuel Alegre (1936), Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), Eduardo Serra (1943), Ricardo Sá Pinto (1972), and Nelo Vingada (1953).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Pêro Vaz de Caminha ranks 29. Before him are Miguel Torga (1907), Duarte Barbosa (1480), Antero de Quental (1842), Florbela Espanca (1894), Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), and Jorge de Montemor (1520). After him are Manuel Alegre (1936), Tomás António Gonzaga (1744), José Luandino Vieira (1935), Guerra Junqueiro (1850), Eugénio de Andrade (1923), and Aquilino Ribeiro (1885).

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