João de Barros, nicknamed the "Portuguese Livy", is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia, a history of the Portuguese in India, Asia, and southeast Africa.
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1496 to 1570 · aged 74
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