Pêro de Alenquer

15th-century Portuguese explorer

Pêro de Alenquer

19th-century imagined portrait of Pêro de Alenquer

Born|

Alenquer, Kingdom of Portugal

Occupation| Explorer

Pêro de Alenquer was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast.

Pêro was born in Alenquer.

He accompanied Bartolomeu Dias on his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488.[1] He was the pilot of Vasco da Gama's flagship on the latter's first voyage to India[2] and later wrote of it.[citation needed]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kenneth Pletcher, ed. (21 December 2009). The Britannica Guide to Explorers and Explorations That Changed the Modern World. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 52\. ISBN 978-1615300280. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
2. ^ Velho, A. (1969). A journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499. p. 148\. ISBN 5872234643. Retrieved January 17, 2015.

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