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Álvaro Fernandes

1500 - 1500

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Álvaro Fernandes (sometimes given erroneously as António Fernandes), was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer from Madeira, in the service of Henry the Navigator. He captained two important expeditions (in 1445 and 1446), which expanded the limit of the Portuguese discovery of the West African coast, probably as far as the northern borderlands of modern Guinea-Bissau. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro Fernandes has received more than 41,765 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro Fernandes is the 339th most popular explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Álvaro Fernandes ranks 339 out of 498. Before him are John C. Frémont, Félix de Azara, Philip Carteret, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Francis Crozier, and Alexandre de Serpa Pinto. After him are Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, John Biscoe, Knut Haugland, Albert von Le Coq, Piet Retief, and Olav Bjaaland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Álvaro Fernandes ranks 50. Before him are Ligier Richier, Corneille de Lyon, Caupolicán, Theodore Bibliander, Martim Afonso de Sousa, and João de Castro. After him are Lope de Rueda, Leonardo III Tocco, Joachim Camerarius, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, García López de Cárdenas, and Nicholas Ridley. Among people deceased in 1500, Álvaro Fernandes ranks 16. Before him are Fernão do Pó, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Bartolomé Bermejo, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Wan Hu, and Pêro Vaz de Caminha. After him is John Morton.

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