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Estêvão Gomes

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Portuguese cartographer and explorer (c. 1483-1538)

SpainScientistsLived 1484 to 1538 · aged 54
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Estêvão Gomes, also known by the Spanish version of his name Esteban Gómez, was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed in the service of Castile in the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan, but deserted the expedition when they had reached the Strait of Magellan and returned to Spain in May 1521.

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This reprinted excerpt of the 1529 Spanish Royal Map by Diogo Ribeiro includes the northeastern American coast labelled as Tierra de Esteban Gómez.This reprinted excerpt of the 1529 Spanish Royal Map by Diogo Ribeiro includes the northeastern American coast labelled as Tierra de Esteban Gómez.

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Estêvão Gomes, also known by the Spanish version of his name Esteban Gómez, was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed in the service of Castile in the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan, but deserted the expedition when they had reached the Strait of Magellan and returned to Spain in May 1521. In 1524, he explored the coast of present-day New England and Nova Scotia. As a result of Gomes' expedition, cartographer Diogo Ribeiro was the first to accurately portray North America with a continuous coastline stretching from Florida to Nova Scotia.

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Lived 1484 to 1538 · aged 54
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