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Rafael Perestrello

Portuguese explorer

  • Fame41.7
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia330
Lived 1500–1600, aged 100
  • Wikipedia
    9 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1500–1600
    Aged 100
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Updated 2026-08-09

Rafael Perestrello was a Portuguese explorer and a cousin of Filipa Moniz Perestrello, the wife of explorer Christopher Columbus. He is best known for landing on the southern shores of mainland China in 1516 and 1517 to trade in Guangzhou, after the Portuguese explorer Jorge Álvares landed on Lintin Island within the Pearl River estuary in May 1513. Rafael also served as a trader and naval ship captain for the Portuguese in Sumatra and Portuguese-conquered Malacca.

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