Coat-of-arms of Sancho de Tovar, as it appears in a contemporary nobiliary record.
Sancho de Tovar, 6th Lord of Cevico, Caracena and Boca de Huérgano (c. 1465–1547) was a Portuguese nobleman of Castilian birth, best known as a navigator and explorer during the Portuguese age of discoveries. He was the vice-admiral (soto-capitão) of the fleet that discovered Brazil in 1500, and was later appointed Governor of the East African port-city of Sofala by king Manuel I (List of colonial governors of Mozambique). In this post, he conducted several exploratory missions in the interior regions of present-day Mozambique.
SanchodeTovar, 6th Lord of Cevico, Caracena and Boca de Huérgano (c. 1465–1547) was a Portuguese nobleman of Castilian birth, best known as a navigator...
SanchodeTovar e Silva, jure uxoris Lord of the Honour of Molelos (1551 – April 13, 1629) was a Portuguese nobleman and military man most notable for...
navigator SanchodeTovar and as the head of the Tovar family in the country. Tovar was born under the name Juan, son of Sancho Fernández deTovar, Lord of...
SanchodeTovar, 2nd Lord of Cevico, and his wife Teresa de Toledo, and great-grandfather of Portuguese-naturalized navigator and explorer Sanchode Tovar...
Nicolau Coelho, SanchodeTovar, Simão de Miranda, Aires Gomes da Silva, Vasco de Ataíde, Diogo Dias, Simão de Pina, Luís Pires, Pêro de Ataíde and Nuno...
April, Cabral, accompanied by SanchodeTovar, Simão de Miranda [pt], Nicolau Coelho, Aires Correia [pt], and Pero Vaz de Caminha, received a group of...
Nicolau Coelho, SanchodeTovar, Simão de Miranda, Aires Gomes da Silva, Vasco de Ataíde, Diogo Dias, Simão de Pina, Luís Pires, Pêro de Ataíde and Nuno...
de Magalhães, was a minor member of Portuguese nobility and mayor of the town. His mother was Alda de Mezquita. Magellan's siblings included Diego de...
Gama, who married Lopo Mendes de Vasconcelos. Little is known of da Gama's early life. The Portuguese historian Teixeira de Aragão suggests that he studied...
coast as early as 1478. In 1481, Dias accompanied an expedition, led by Diogo de Azambuja, to construct a fortress and trading post called São Jorge da Mina...
Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c. 1453 – 16 December 1515), was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman. He served as viceroy of Portuguese...
scouted from the sea and its location determined by captain SanchodeTovar. In 1502, Pedro Afonso de Aguiar (others say Vasco da Gama himself) led the first...
1514–1531— António Fernandes's voyage and discoveries in 1514–1515, SanchodeTovar from 1515 onwards, and Vicente Pegado (1531), among others, in several...
century for rule by chartered companies like the Mozambique Company (Companhia de Moçambique), which had the concession of the lands corresponding to the present-day...
Cabral (discovered Brazil, explored India along the African coast) SanchodeTovar and Vicente Pegado among others (also among the first Europeans ever...
000 to 10,000 réis in money. D. Maria de Vilhena was the daughter of the nobleman and explorer SanchodeTovar, the capitão of Sofala (List of colonial...
Couto "De todas as Armadas que os Reys de Portugal mandáram à Índia, até que El-Rey D. Filippe succedeo nestes Reynos", de 1497 a 1581", in J. de Barros...
Paes recorded his impressions of Vijayanagara in his work Chronica dos reis de Bisnaga (Indo-Portuguese for "Chronicle of the kings of Vijayanagar"). His...
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