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Diogo Fernandes Pereira

Portuguese explorer

  • Fame40.0
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Lived 1500–1600, aged 100
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    1500–1600
    Aged 100
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Updated 2026-08-14

Diogo Fernandes Pereira, sometimes called simply Diogo Fernandes, was a Portuguese 16th-century navigator, originally from Setúbal, Portugal. Diogo Fernandes was the first known European captain to visit the island of Socotra in 1503 and the discoverer of the Mascarenes archipelago in 1507. He may also have been the first European to sail east of Madagascar island.

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