João Álvares Fagundes

João Álvares Fagundes

João Álvares Fagundes (fl. 1521), an explorer and ship owner from Viana do Castelo in Northern Portugal, near Galicia, organized several expeditions to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia around 1520-1521.

Fagundes explored the islands of St Paul near Cape Breton, Sable Island, Penguin Island (now known as Funk Island), Burgeo, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon which he named the islands of Eleven Thousand Virgins in honor of Saint Ursula. Fact|date=March 2008

King Manuel I of Portugal gave Fagundes exclusive rights and ownership of his discoveries on March 13, 1521.

Between 1521 and 1525, Fagundes tried to establish a colony in Nova ScotiaFact|date=March 2008 but little else is known.

External links

* [http://www.grandcolombier.com/2003-histoire/musee/faguendes.html Encyclopédie des îles Saint-Pierre & Miquelon]
* [http://www.multiculturaltrails.ca/level_3/number212.html João Alvares Fagundes Monument]
* [http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/portuguese.html The Portuguese Explorer]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=211 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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