Pêro de Alenquer

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Pêro de Alenquer (15th century) Portuguese explorer of the African coast. Accompanied Bartolomeu Dias in his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488. Later wrote a description of Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India. Pêro was born in Alenquer.

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