Which Happened First?

Fernão Mendes Pinto

Fernão Mendes Pinto
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Fernão Mendes Pinto was a Portuguese explorer and writer. His voyages are recorded in Pilgrimage, his autobiographical memoir, which was published posthumously in 1614.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Gonzalo Pizarro1502 – April 10, 1548
  2. Miguel López de LegazpiJune 12, 1502 – August 20, 1572
  3. Francis XavierApril 7, 1506 – December 3, 1552
  4. Fernão Mendes Pinto (this page)1509 – July 8, 1583
  5. Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada1509 – February 16, 1579
  6. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado1510 – September 22, 1554

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