# Pêro de Ataíde

> Pero de Ataíde or Pedro d'Ataíde, nicknamed O Inferno (Hell), "for the damage he did to the Moors in Africa", was a Portuguese sea captain in the Indian Ocean active in the early 1500s. He was briefly captain of the first permanent Portuguese fleet in the Indian Ocean, taking over from Vicente Sodré, and the author of a famous letter giving an account of its fate.

*Portuguese explorer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Portugal
- **Born:** 1450
- **Died:** 1504
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Pero de Ataíde or Pedro d'Ataíde, nicknamed O Inferno (Hell), "for the damage he did to the Moors in Africa", was a Portuguese sea captain in the Indian Ocean active in the early 1500s. He was briefly captain of the first permanent Portuguese fleet in the Indian Ocean, taking over from Vicente Sodré, and the author of a famous letter giving an account of its fate.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 41.3
- **Momentum:** 2.4

## Sources
- [Pero de Ataíde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pero_de_Ata%C3%ADde)
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- [Pêro de Ataíde](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%AAro_de_Ata%C3%ADde)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7264750)

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