# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-perestrello
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:31.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-perestrello"
name: "Rafael Perestrello"
slug: "rafael-perestrello"
description: "Rafael Perestrello was a Portuguese explorer and a cousin of Filipa Moniz Perestrello, the wife of explorer Christopher Columbus. He is best known for landing on the southern shores of mainland China in 1516 and 1517 to trade in Guangzhou, after the Portuguese explorer Jorge Álvares landed on Lintin Island within the Pearl River estuary in May 1513. Rafael also served as a trader and naval ship captain for the Portuguese in Sumatra and Portuguese-conquered Malacca."
tagline: "Portuguese explorer"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.478546666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E6%96%90%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E4%BD%A9%E9%9B%B7%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9%E9%9B%B7%E6%B4%9B"
    title: "拉斐尔·佩雷斯特雷洛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Perestrello"
    title: "Rafael Perestrello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Perestrello"
    title: "Rafael Perestrello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Perestrelo"
    title: "Rafael Perestrelo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Perestrello"
    title: "Rafael Perestrello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A7"
    title: "ラファエル・ペレストレーリョ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Perestrelo"
    title: "Rafael Perestrelo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Перестрелло, Рафаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Рафаель Перестрелло"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2600890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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