Álvaro Martins
Álvaro Martins, also known as Álvaro Martins Homem, was a 15th century Portuguese alleged to have explored the western Atlantic and later the African coast. He is claimed to have accompanied João Vaz Corte-Real on an undocumented expedition to Terra Nova do Bacalhau (literally, "New Land of the Codfish") in the early 1470s, by Gaspar Frutuoso in his 1570s book Saudades de terra.[1]
It is known however, that he was granted the captaincy of Praia da Vitória on 17 February 1474 for his services to Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, an office he held for some years.[1] He is also said to have accompanied Bartolomeu Dias on his journey around the Cape of Good Hope from 1487 to 1488.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Diffie et al., 1977, p. 447.
- ^ Dutra, 1997, p. 216.
Literature
- Diffie, Bailey Wallys; Shafer, Boyd C.; Winius, George Davison (1977). Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415-1580 (2 ed.). http://books.google.no/books?id=vtZtMBLJ7GgC&pg=PA446&lpg=PA446&dq=Jo%C3%A3o+Vaz+Corte-Real&source=bl&ots=LdVMgiqlRR&sig=wcdpwDX2ZiZLdMUCI9EPuB5OFIM&hl=no&ei=G6jkS6jiLY6QOKWyzeUN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CDgQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Dutra, Francis A. (1997), "Dias, Bartolomeu (c. 1450-1500)", in Rodriguez, Junius P., The Historical encyclopedia of world slavery, 7, ABC-CLIO, p. 216, ISBN 0-87436-885-5, http://books.google.com/books?id=ATq5_6h2AT0C&pg=PA216&dq=%C3%81lvaro+Martins&hl=en&ei=lX7oTMO1Ks6OjAfY1L2GAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=%C3%81lvaro%20Martins&f=false
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