Duarte Pacheco Pereira
(1460-1533)
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460 - 1533)
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Duarte Pacheco Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: c. 1460 – 1533), called the Portuguese Achilles (Aquiles Lusitano) by the poet Camões, was a Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer. He travelled particularly in the central Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde islands, along the coast of West Africa and to India. His accomplishments in strategic warfare, exploration, mathematics and astronomy were of an exceptional level.
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1460 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
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1533 (aged 72) Kingdom of Portugal
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