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766 FM

Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese Explorer 1480–1521

788 VD

Vasco da Gama Portuguese Explorer 1469–1524

5,744 PÁ

Pedro Álvares Cabral Portuguese Explorer 1467–1520

6,300 AD

Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese Explorer 1453–1515

9,065 BD

Bartolomeu Dias Portuguese Explorer 1450–1500

18,857 FM

Fernão Mendes Pinto Portuguese Explorer 1509–1583

44,814 AD

Alexandre de Serpa Pinto Portuguese Explorer 1846–1900

58,676 GC

Gaspar Corte-Real Portuguese Explorer 1450–1501

68,958 PD

Pêro da Covilhã Portuguese Explorer 1450–1530

72,938 PT

Pedro Teixeira Portuguese Explorer 1585–1641

86,240 BD

Bento de Góis Portuguese Explorer 1562–1607

98,957 AD

Artur de Sacadura Cabral Portuguese Aviator 1881–1924

133,472 DL

Diogo Lopes de Sequeira Portuguese Explorer 1465–1530

206,676 LD Lourenço de Almeida Portuguese Explorer 1480–1508

354,330 FP Fernão Pires de Andrade Portuguese Explorer d. 1523

518,607 AG Antão Gonçalves Portuguese Explorer

532,846 CD

Cristóvão de Mendonça Portuguese Explorer 1475–1532

562,117 ÁM

Álvaro Martins Portuguese Explorer 1430–1482

788,633 JD

João de Azevedo Coutinho Portuguese Explorer 1865–1944

810,370 JC

Joseph Costa (aviator) Portuguese Aviator 1909–1998

1,265,779 AV

Amador Vaz de Alpoim Portuguese Explorer 1568–1617

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