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António Galvão

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Portuguese administrator and historian

WritersLived 1490 to 1557 · aged 67
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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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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. 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.

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Lived 1490 to 1557 · aged 67
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