Pero Vaz de Caminha
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Historical FiguresLived 1437 to 1500 · aged 63
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Pero Vaz de Caminha was a Portuguese knight that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral to India in 1500 as a secretary to the royal factory. Caminha wrote the detailed official report of the April 1500 discovery of Brazil by Cabral's fleet. He died in a riot in Calicut, India, at the end of that year.
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Historical Figures
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Historical Figure
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Lived 1437 to 1500 · aged 63
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