# Pedro Mascarenhas

> D. Pedro Mascarenhas was a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He was the first European to discover the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in 1512. He also encountered the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in 1512, although he may not have been the first Portuguese explorer to do so; earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Afonso de Albuquerque along with Diogo Fernandes Pereira may have encountered the islands. In 1528 explorer Diogo Rodrigues named the islands of Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues the Mascarene Islands, after the name of Mascarenhas.

*Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pedro-mascarenhas

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1484
- **Died:** 1555-06-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 20.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Pedro Mascarenhas (c. 1484–1555)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas_(c._1484%E2%80%931555))
- [Педро Маскарена](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [Pedro de Mascarenhas](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mascarenhas)
- [بيدرو ماسكارينهاس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [بيدرو ماسكارينهاس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Pedro de Mascarenhas](https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro de Mascarenhas](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro de Mascarenhas](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [פדרו משקרניאש](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A9)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro de Mascarenhas](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas (c. 1484-1555)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas_(c._1484-1555))
- [Педру ди Машкареньяш](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83_%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%88)
- [Pedro Mascarenhas](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mascarenhas)
- [Педру де Машкареньяш](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%88)
- [佩德罗·马什卡雷尼亚什](https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%A9%E5%BE%B7%E7%BD%97%C2%B7%E9%A9%AC%E4%BB%80%E5%8D%A1%E9%9B%B7%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E4%BB%80)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527755)

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