Duarte Barbosa

Duarte Barbosa was a Portuguese writer and officer from Portuguese India. He was a scrivener in a feitoria in Kochi, and an interpreter of the local language, Malayalam. Barbosa wrote the Book of Duarte Barbosa c. 1516, making it one of the earliest examples of Portuguese travel literature.

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Who was born first?

• Duarte Barbosa and Ferdinand Magellan were born the same year
• Duarte Barbosa and Sebastián de Belalcázar were born the same year
• Duarte Barbosa and António de Abreu were born the same year
• Duarte Barbosa was born 4 years before Pedro Mascarenhas
• Duarte Barbosa was born 5 years after Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Timeline

1. Vasco Núñez de Balboacirca 1475 – January 15, 1519
2. António de Abreucirca 1480 – circa 1514
3. Duarte Barbosa (this page)1480 – May 1, 1521
4. Ferdinand Magellancirca 1480 – April 27, 1521
5. Sebastián de Belalcázar1480 – April 30, 1551
6. Pedro Mascarenhas1484 – June 23, 1555

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