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Estêvão da Gama (c. 1470)

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Name
  
Estevao Gama

Role
  
C. 1470

Estêvão da Gama (c. 1470) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer, discoverer of the Trindade and Martim Vaz islands (in modern Brazil).

Estêvão da Gama was Vasco da Gama's cousin, son of his cousin Aires da Gama, as explained by Manuel de Faria e Sousa, in its work "Ásia Portuguesa" (1675). He was Captain-major of the Portuguese army in India in 1503.

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Estêvão da Gama (c. 1470) Wikipedia