# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diogo-fernandes-pereira
# Generated: 2026-08-16T06:44:17.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/diogo-fernandes-pereira"
name: "Diogo Fernandes Pereira"
slug: "diogo-fernandes-pereira"
description: "Diogo Fernandes Pereira, sometimes called simply Diogo Fernandes, was a Portuguese 16th-century navigator, originally from Setúbal, Portugal. Diogo Fernandes was the first known European captain to visit the island of Socotra in 1503 and the discoverer of the Mascarenes archipelago in 1507. He may also have been the first European to sail east of Madagascar island."
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: "1500"
deathDate: "1600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.877106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_Fernandes_Pereira"
    title: "Diogo Fernandes Pereira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_Fernandes_Pereira"
    title: "Diogo Fernandes Pereira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_Fernandes_Pereira"
    title: "Diogo Fernandes Pereira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%AA%E5%A5%A5%E6%88%88%C2%B7%E8%B4%B9%E5%B0%94%E5%8D%97%E5%BE%B7%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E4%BD%A9%E9%9B%B7%E6%8B%89"
    title: "迪奥戈·费尔南德斯·佩雷拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%88_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%83"
    title: "Фернандиш Перейра, Диогу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%83_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%88_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Діогу Фернандіш Перейра"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5279197"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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