Pero de Alenquer

Pero de Alenquer
19th-century imagined portrait of Pero de Alenquer
Born
Alenquer, Kingdom of Portugal
OccupationExplorer

Pero de Alenquer was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast. He was born in Alenquer and accompanied Bartolomeu Dias on his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487 and 1488. Alenquer was the pilot of Vasco da Gama's flagship on the latter's first voyage to India.

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