Diogo Pacheco, captain of the first Portuguese expedition to Australia in 1519

Authors

  • José Manuel Azevedo e Silva Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1645-2259_7_4

Keywords:

The East, chroniclers, the conquest of Malacca, the discovery of Australia, Diogo Pacheco

Abstract

Many uncertainties, conjectures, enigmas and mysteries surround the discovery of Australia by the Europeans, but there is one fact that no one nowadays dares to contest: Australia was discovered by the Portuguese. Yet who really was the first person to discover it? Various names have been put forward, including António de Abreu, Diogo Pacheco, Cristóvão de Mendonça and Gomes de Sequeira. In this study we aim to demonstrate, in the light of documentary evidence, that the first Portuguese citizen to lead a Portuguese expedition to Australia was Diogo Pacheco, in 1519.

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Published

2007-11-30

Issue

Vol. 7 (2007)

Section

Artigos

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