Duarte Pacheco Pereira

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 West Africa and to India.

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Who was born first?

• Duarte Pacheco Pereira and Juan Ponce de León were born the same year
• Duarte Pacheco Pereira and Bartholomew Columbus were born the same year
• Duarte Pacheco Pereira and Tristão da Cunha were born the same year
• Duarte Pacheco Pereira was born 2 years before Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
• Duarte Pacheco Pereira was born 5 years before Paulo da Gama

Timeline

1. Bartholomew Columbus1460–1515
2. Duarte Pacheco Pereira (this page)1460–1533
3. Juan Ponce de LeónApril 8, 1460 – 1521
4. Tristão da Cunha1460–1540
5. Vicente Yáñez Pinzóncirca 1462 – 17th century
6. Paulo da Gama1465–1499

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• Hernán Cortés1485 – December 2, 1547
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