André Gonçalves
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- This article is about the Portuguese explorer. For the musician, see André Gonçalves (musician)
André Gonçalves (15th century/16th century), Portuguese explorer that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil, being one of the captains of the fleet. According to some sources [attribution needed] he was the one sent back to Lisbon with the important tidings and not Gaspar de Lemos (one of the other fleet captain's).