Diogo Rodrigues
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Dom Diogo de Azevedo Rodrigues was a Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean who sailed as an ordinary helmsman under the command of Dom Pedro Mascarenhas around Goa. They sailed from the Cape of Good Hope eastward into little-known waters of the newly discovered route to Goa.
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Detail of Mascarenes islands from a Dutch map of 1689 showing the island named as Diogo Rodrigues
Residential house of Diogo Rodrigues and descendants from 1551
Igreja da Nossa Senhora de Neves and the Rachol Fort
Inscription readings of Diogo Rodrigues burial place, photo clicked on 6 August 2012 (Intact\Untouched from 1577)
Roiz-Rodrigues Family Monument at Colva, GoaHistorical Figures born in the 1500s 6
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Dom Diogo de Azevedo Rodrigues was a Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean who sailed as an ordinary helmsman under the command of Dom Pedro Mascarenhas around Goa. They sailed from the Cape of Good Hope eastward into little-known waters of the newly discovered route to Goa. Rodrigues island was named after him between 4 and 9 February 1528 because he had discovered it during his only return journey from Goa via Cochin to Lisbon, where he was elevated to the rank of a knight (cavaleiro) by John III of Portugal. He then returned to Goa and made a mark in the history of the Portuguese Empire in the subcontinent around the mid-16th century.
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