# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicolau-coelho
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:00:36.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicolau-coelho"
name: "Nicolau Coelho"
slug: "nicolau-coelho"
description: "Nicolau Coelho was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the Age of Discovery. He participated in the discovery of the route to India by Vasco da Gama, where he commanded Berrio, the first caravel to return; he was captain of a ship in the fleet headed by Pedro Álvares Cabral, who landed in Brazil. He died at sea, possibly off the coast of Mozambique, while returning from India in the 5th Portuguese Armada with Francisco de Albuquerque."
tagline: "Portuguese navigator and explorer (1460-1504)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolau_Coelho_-_Padr%C3%A3o_dos_Descobrimentos.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1460"
deathDate: "1504"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.88920266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ніколау Коелью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
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    title: "نيكولاو كويلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolao_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolao Coelho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_Coelho"
    title: "Nicolau Coelho"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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