Amador Vaz de Alpoim (1568–1617) was a Portuguese nobleman, who served as Officer of the Royal Armies, conquistador, colonizer and explorer of South America in the service of the Spanish Crown. He was the founder of the Cabral de Melo Alpoim family in the Río de la Plata, descendants of the first settlers of the Azores islands.
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1568 Santa Maria Island, Azores, Kingdom of Portugal
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1617 (aged 48) Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
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