# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-godinho-de-eredia
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:26:06.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-godinho-de-eredia"
name: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
slug: "manuel-godinho-de-eredia"
description: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia, or Emanuel Godinho de Erédia, was a Bugis-Portuguese writer and cartographer. He wrote a number of books, including an early account of the Malay Peninsula that is a source of information on the region of that period. In the early 17th century, he became interested in exploring a \"southern land\", which is thought to be Australia."
tagline: "Portuguese writer (1563-1623)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emanuel_Godinho_de_Eredia_(in_Declara%C3%A7am_de_Malaca_e_India_Meridional_com_o_Cathay%2C_1613).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1563"
deathDate: "1623"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.69
  momentum:             1.022727272727273
  historical:           8.280634666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia"
    title: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88"
    title: "مانويل جودينهو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia"
    title: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia"
    title: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia"
    title: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia"
    title: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia"
    title: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia"
    title: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godinho_de_Er%C3%A9dia"
    title: "Manuel Godinho de Erédia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814009"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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