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Antão Gonçalves

Portuguese explorer

  • Fame48.1
  • Momentum7.3
  • Wikipedia601
Lived 1415–1501, aged 86
  • Wikipedia
    13 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1415–1501
    Aged 86
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Updated 2026-07-20

Antão Gonçalves was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and slave-raider who was the first European to capture Africans in the Rio do Ouro region.

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48.1
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Momentum7.3
Historical11.2
Source confidence60.0
Completeness25.0
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