Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia

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Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia was a 15th Century portuguese sailor and explorer, who was born in Porto. In 1435 he captained one of two ships which crossed the Tropic of Cancer, the first time that this is recorded to have been done by Europeans since the Phoenecians in 813 BC.[1]

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  1. ^ Lobban, Richard; Forrest, Joshua (1988). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Scarecrow Press, p. 51. ISBN 0810820862. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 

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