Fernão Mendes Pinto
(1509-1583)
Portuguese explorer and writer
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Fernão Mendes Pinto (Portuguese pronunciation: c.1509 – 8 July 1583) was a Portuguese explorer and writer. His voyages are recorded in Pilgrimage (Portuguese: Peregrinação) (1614), his autobiographical memoir. The historical accuracy of the work is debatable due to the many events that seem far-fetched or at least exaggerated, earning him the nickname "Fernão Mentes Minto" (wordplay with the Portuguese verb mentir 'lie', meaning "Fernão, are you lying? I am lying."). Many aspects of the work can be verified, particularly through records of Pinto's service to the Portuguese crown and by his association with Jesuit missionaries.
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1509 Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
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8 July 1583 (aged 74) Pragal, Almada, Portugal
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