# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fernao-pires-de-andrade
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:56:03.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fernao-pires-de-andrade"
name: "Fernão Pires de Andrade"
slug: "fernao-pires-de-andrade"
description: "Fernão Pires de Andrade was a Portuguese merchant, pharmacist, and diplomat who worked under the explorer and colonial administrator Afonso de Albuquerque. His encounter with Ming China in 1517—after initial contacts by Jorge Álvares and Rafael Perestrello in 1513 and 1516, respectively—marked the resumption of direct European commercial and diplomatic contact with China."
tagline: "Portuguese merchant/pharmacist/diplomat"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1450"
deathDate: "1552"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.33
  momentum:             14.44444444444444
  historical:           11.35518533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Fernão Pires de Andrade"
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    title: "Fernão Pires de Andrade"
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    title: "Ferdinandus Pires de Andrade"
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    title: "Fernão Pires de Andrade"
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    title: "Fernão Pires de Andrade"
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    title: "Fernão Pires de Andrade"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump