# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvaro-caminha
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:57:53.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvaro-caminha"
name: "Álvaro Caminha"
slug: "alvaro-caminha"
description: "Álvaro Caminha was appointed by King John II of Portugal in 1492 Captain-major (governor) – the third – of the Portuguese colony of São Tomé and Príncipe which had been discovered 22 years earlier."
tagline: "Portuguese explorer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1401"
deathDate: "1499-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.4
  momentum:             3.37737673219465
  historical:           8.075378666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83"
    title: "Каминья, Алвару"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "ألفارو كامينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F"
    title: "Алвару Камінья"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_de_Caminha"
    title: "Álvaro de Caminha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_de_Caminha"
    title: "Álvaro de Caminha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Caminha"
    title: "Álvaro Caminha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Caminha"
    title: "Álvaro Caminha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvaro_Caminha"
    title: "Alvaro Caminha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_de_Caminha"
    title: "Álvaro de Caminha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2024123"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump