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Disappointed at the sparse coast reported by
Baldaia, Prince Henry did not send out another expedition for the next few years. It was only in 1441 that Henry finally followed up on it and sent out two ships, prototypes of the new lateen-rigged
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Next to nothing is known of Afonso Gonçalves
Baldaia's background and origins. He is said to be the first person with that surname in Portuguese records, and thus likely to be from a family of foreign origin. It is known that he served as a
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382:(around Point Elbow), Baldaia's expedition spotted a native party at a distance and dispatched a party after it, but to no avail. Proceeding south, Baldaia discovered a coastal inlet which he named
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Zurara (p.33), Barros, (p.43), Quintella, p.82. The Eanes-Baldaia trip is sometimes dated 1434, depending on whether one dates Eanes's original journey as 1433 or 1434.
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438:). Finding nothing there but some abandoned fishing nets, Baldaia turned back. In all, Baldaia has sailed some 125 miles south of last year's furthest point.
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Baldaia, an
Azorean colonist, although there are no documents confirming that. The latter Baldaia emerged around 1450 in connection with the Flemish colonist
375:, this time by himself, with instructions to find and bring back a local inhabitant. A pair of horses were taken aboard, in case they had to give chase.
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It is usually assumed that Afonso Gonçalves
Baldaia, the Henrican explorer, is one and the same person as Afonso Gonçalves
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of navigation. In the follow-up trip of 1435, Henry sent Eanes out again, this time accompanied by a second ship, a
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sail in the mizzen mast). Unlike Eanes, there is no indication that
Baldaia had any prior maritime experience.
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under the command of Afonso Gonçalves
Baldaia, with instructions to explore the coast beyond Bojador.
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Crónica dos feitos notáveis que se passaram na
Conquista da Guiné por mandado do Infante D. Henrique
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to return to Rio do Ouro to undertake another seal hunt, and another under
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Afonso Gonçalves
Baldaia is one of the navigators depicted in the 1960
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In 1434 (or 1433) one of Prince Henry's household squires,
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From there, Baldaia pressed further south, crossing the
140:. He would later become one of the first colonists of
741:
The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea
739:. [Trans. 1896-99 by C.R. Beazley and E. Prestage,
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136:in 1435–1436 on behalf of the Portuguese prince
764:, 2 vols, Lisbon: Academia Real das Sciencias.
755:Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415-1580
753:Diffie, Bailey W., and George D. Winius (1977)
757:Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press
737:Chronica do descobrimento e conquista da Guiné
686:Zurara (p.35), Barros (p.44), Quintella (p.82)
793:
594:. Baldaia erected a residence and chapel in
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621:(Monument to the Portuguese Discoveries) in
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590:islands, as one of the initial settlers of
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35:Effigy of Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia in the
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213:Eanes and Baldaia sailed as far south as
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217:(Garnet Bay), named after the shoals of
774:New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.
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760:Quintella, Ignaco da Costa (1839–40)
602:, and donated his Angra lands to the
371:In 1436 Baldaia set off again on his
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571:(customs collector) in the city of
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132:. He explored much of the coast of
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14:
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1621:15th-century Portuguese explorers
1303:José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta
458:Angra dos Cavallos (Point Elbow)
1616:15th-century explorers of Africa
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664:Portugal; diccionario historico
1532:Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva
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237:Angra dos Ruivos (Garnet Bay)
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400:(probably a reference to the
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1606:Maritime history of Portugal
1354:Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
762:Annaes da Marinha Portugueza
524:Pedra da Galé (Galha Point)
7:
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37:Monument to the Discoveries
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1552:Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
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559:Later years: Porto, Azores
1611:History of Western Sahara
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833:Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia
434:-shaped rock island off
23:Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia
1527:Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
1487:Antonio Díaz de Cardoso
1469:In foreign service
1268:André Álvares de Almada
1151:João Fernandes Lavrador
1126:João Afonso do Estreito
1091:Fernão Pires de Andrade
1041:Diogo Lopes de Sequeira
1036:Diogo Fernandes Pereira
723:Vol. 1 (Dec I, Lib.1-5)
349:Pedra da Galé
1570:Portuguese discoveries
1502:Gaspar Castaño de Sosa
1359:António Raposo Tavares
1061:Duarte Pacheco Pereira
878:Diogo de Melo Coutinho
363:milestones 1434-36 in
361:Portuguese exploration
223:
1379:Diogo Álvares Correia
1131:João Álvares Fagundes
1006:Cristóvão de Mendonça
961:Afonso de Albuquerque
863:Bartolomeu Perestrelo
770:Russell, P.E. (2001)
729:Gomes Eanes de Zurara
612:Nossa Senhora da Guia
543:22.21000°N 16.80000°W
398:Trans-Saharan traders
84:, Kingdom of Portugal
1394:Martim Soares Moreno
1384:Domingos Jorge Velho
1318:Paulo Dias de Novais
1283:Francisco de Lacerda
1211:Pedro Álvares Cabral
948:Tristão Vaz Teixeira
933:Lançarote de Freitas
928:João Gonçalves Zarco
913:Gonçalo Velho Cabral
858:Antoniotto Usodimare
808:Portuguese explorers
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1415:António da Madalena
1293:Hermenegildo Capelo
1288:Gonçalo da Silveira
1191:Lourenço de Almeida
1171:João Vaz Corte-Real
1086:Fernão Mendes Pinto
986:António de Saldanha
635:History of Portugal
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167:Henry the Navigator
138:Henry the Navigator
124:was a 15th-century
64:Kingdom of Portugal
16:Portuguese explorer
1537:Luís Vaz de Torres
1522:Juan Díaz de Solís
1497:Ferdinand Magellan
1420:António de Andrade
1364:Baltasar Fernandes
898:Fernando de Castro
743:, London: Halyut,
696:Archivo dos Açores
565:Edward of Portugal
380:Angra dos Cavallos
103:Explorer, colonist
1601:People from Porto
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1477:Alberto del Canto
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1278:Francisco Barreto
1273:Francisco Álvares
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1216:Pedro Mascarenhas
1196:Miguel Corte-Real
1111:Gomes de Sequeira
1101:Gaspar Corte-Real
1071:Fernão de Loronha
1026:Diogo de Azambuja
1011:Cristóvão Jacques
908:Gonçalo de Sintra
596:Angra do Heroísmo
567:with the post of
510:23.650°N 16.000°W
477:24.067°N 15.583°W
293:Cape Bojador
272:Second expedition
256:24.667°N 14.933°W
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1146:João de Santarém
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1056:Duarte Fernandes
981:António de Faria
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1323:Pero da Covilhã
1258:Afonso de Paiva
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1186:Lopes Gonçalves
1116:Gonçalo Álvares
1106:Gaspar de Lemos
1066:Estêvão da Gama
1046:Diogo Rodrigues
1001:Bartolomeu Dias
971:André Gonçalves
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406:Mali Empire
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1507:George Ura
1374:Brás Cubas
1369:Borba Gato
1156:João Grego
1031:Diogo Dias
868:Dinis Dias
717:(1552–59)
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1251:Africa
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146:Azores
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573:Porto
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