Pêro Escobar
Portuguese navigator · Historical Figures
Pero Escobar, also known as Pedro Escobar, was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator who discovered São Tomé, Annobón, Príncipe islands, together with João de Santarém c. 1470.
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He is then recorded sailing with Diogo Cão on his first voyage in 1482, and as the pilot of the famous Bérrio caravel on Vasco da Gama's first expedition in 1497 to sail directly from Europe to India. He was also on Pedro Álvares Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500.
Category
Historical Figures
Status
Deceased
