António de Abreu
Male, Deceased Person
– 1514
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Who was António de Abreu?
António de Abreu was a 16th-century Portuguese navigator and naval officer. He participated under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque in the conquest of Ormus in 1507 and Malacca in 1511, where he got injured. Departing from Malacca in November 1511 with three ships, in an exploratory voyage to the 'Spice Islands' of Maluku, he led the first European expedition to reach Timor and the Banda Islands, in Indonesia, in 1512.
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- Also known as
- Antonio de Abreu
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Died
- 1514
Archipelago of the Azores
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on July 23, 2013
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