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Pêro de Ataíde

Portuguese explorer · Portugal · On the map · Historical Figures · Lived 1450 to 1504 · aged 54

Pero de Ataíde or Pedro d'Ataíde, nicknamed O Inferno (Hell), "for the damage he did to the Moors in Africa", was a Portuguese sea captain in the Indian Ocean active in the early 1500s.

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He was briefly captain of the first permanent Portuguese fleet in the Indian Ocean, taking over from Vicente Sodré, and the author of a famous letter giving an account of its fate.

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Country
Portugal
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1450 to 1504 · aged 54