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Duarte Pacheco Pereira

Portuguese soldier and explorer
Duarte Pacheco Pereira, called the Portuguese Achilles 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1460, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: 1533 (age 73 years), Kingdom of Portugal
Partner: Antónia de Albuquerque (1513–)
Parents: João Pacheco
Battles/wars: Battle of Cochin