Pero de Alenquer

Pero de Alenquer
Pero de Alenquer
	19th-century imagined portrait of Pero de Alenquer
Born	Alenquer, Kingdom of Portugal
Occupation	Explorer

Last updated March 18, 2025

Pero de Alenquer was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast.^[1] He was born in Alenquer and accompanied Bartolomeu Dias on his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487 and 1488.^[2] Alenquer was the pilot of Vasco da Gama's flagship on the latter's first voyage to India.^[3]

References

↑ Domingues, Francisco Contente. "Alenquer, Pero de". Instituto Camões (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
↑ Kenneth Pletcher, ed. (21 December 2009). The Britannica Guide to Explorers and Explorations That Changed the Modern World. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN 978-1615300280 . Retrieved January 17, 2015.
↑ Velho, A. (1969). A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499. p. 148. ISBN 5872234643 . Retrieved January 17, 2015.

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[Instituto_Camões-1] Domingues, Francisco Contente. "Alenquer, Pero de". Instituto Camões (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[Britannica_Guide-2] Kenneth Pletcher, ed. (21 December 2009). The Britannica Guide to Explorers and Explorations That Changed the Modern World. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN 978-1615300280 . Retrieved January 17, 2015.

[Voyage_of_Vasco_da_Gama-3] Velho, A. (1969). A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499. p. 148. ISBN 5872234643 . Retrieved January 17, 2015.

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