António Galvão
Portuguese administrator and historian · Writers · Lived 1490 to 1557 · aged 67
António Galvão, also known as Antonio Galvano, was a Portuguese soldier, chronicler and administrator in the Maluku Islands, and a Renaissance historian who was the first person to present a comprehensive report of the leading voyages and explorers up to 1550 by Portuguese explorers and those of other nationalities.
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His works, especially the Treaty of Discovery that was published in Lisbon in 1563 and in English by Richard Hakluyt in 1601, are notably accurate.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1490 to 1557 · aged 67
