List of Portuguese navigators and explorers
The list of Portuguese navigators and explorers includes seafarers and explorers who traveled for Portugal or who came from Portugal.
- Afonso de Albuquerque , conquered and defended the eastern sea route to India for Portugal from 1503 to 1515.
- Diogo de Azambuja , 1482–1484 the first Portuguese governor, capitão-mór, of Elmina .
- Pedro Álvares Cabral , Brazil “discoverer”, the first seafarer to visit four continents in one trip: America, Africa, Asia and Europe.
- Diogo Cão , explored the west coast of Africa to Walvis Bay between 1482 and 1489 .
- Pedro da Cintra , explorer of West Africa and namesake of Sierra Leone .
- Bartolomeu Dias , reached the Cape of Good Hope in 1487 and circled Africa.
- Dinis Dias , reached the westernmost point of continental Africa in 1444, Cabo Verde , located in what is now Senegal .
- Gil Eanes , was the first to drive beyond Cape Bojador , which is considered the end of the world, in 1434 and then returned.
- Vasco da Gama , circumnavigated Africa between 1497 and 1499 and reached India .
- Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia , reached the Rio de Ouro and Pedra and Porto de Galé at about 22 ° 3 'north latitude in 1436.
- João Gonçalves Zarco , "rediscoverer" of the Madeira Archipelago in 1418, he received Funchal .
- Ferdinand Magellan , was the first to sail around the world for the Spanish crown in 1519 and explored the Pacific .
- Bartolomeu Perestrelo , “rediscoverer” of the Madeira Archipelago in 1418, he receives Porto Santo , his daughter marries Columbus.
- Tristão Vaz Teixeira , "rediscoverer" of the Madeira Archipelago in 1418, received Machico .