Álvaro Martins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

Álvaro Martins, also known as Álvaro Martins Homem, was a 15th century Portuguese explorer of the western Atlantic and later the African coast. He is known to have accompanied João Vaz Corte-Real in the joint Portuguese-Danish expedition to Greenland and Newfoundland in 1472. He also accompanied Bartolomeu Dias on his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488. Martins was the founder of the present day city of Angra do Heroísmo, Azores.

[edit] See also

 This article about a Portuguese explorer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../%C3%A1/l/v/%C3%81lvaro_Martins_7772.html"
In other languages