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About Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Duarte Pacheco Pereira, called the Portuguese Achilles by the poet Camões, was a Portuguese sea captain, soldier, explorer and cartographer. He travelled particularly in the central Atlantic Ocean west of the Cape Verde islands, along the coast of West Africa and to India. His accomplishments in strategic warfare, exploration, mathematics and astronomy were of an exceptional level.
Everything about Duarte Pacheco Pereira →- Occupation
- explorer, astronomer, writer, military personnel
- Position held
- governor
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Born
- 1460
- Died
- 1533