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508:) with Cabral to immediately settle the newly discovered lands of São Miguel, who found signs of attempted earlier settlement of the island. In 1445, Cabral returned to the waters of São Miguel with nobles and settlers (bringing with them herd animals, birds, wheat and vegetables) in order to settle the island. Arriving in a period of seismic activity, his crew discovered floating pumice stone and tree trunks as arrived closer to their port. Making landfall on 29 September they encountered the Moorish settlers who, over time "perished" (but likely became intermingled in the ensuing population). 444:). As was the obligation, the Captain ordered the release of herd animals on the island for future colonization, a point that was later repeated in successive voyages through the archipelago's islands. His group circled and explored the island, examining the forested interior, before finally returning to continental Portugal. Cabral sent with him various canisters of earth and water to give the Infante, including examples of the woods unfamiliar to them in Europe. 35: 410:). As was the custom, Gonçalo Velho Cabral and his crew began their day with morning mass, benedictions and oratory to God and the Virgin Mary, to help them on their journey and to request their assistance in finding land. As the legend suggests, as the seaman yelled out his discovery the crew was praying the 528:
by profession, succeeded Gonçalo Velho Cabral as second Donatary-Captain of Santa Maria and São Miguel; João Soares was married twice: to Brites Godins (d. 1474), with whom they had no heirs, and later Branca de Sousa Falcão (daughter of João de Sousa Falcão, Lord de Figueiredo and Lord of the Manor
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has attributed to Gonçalo Velho Cabral the discovery of the seven islands of the Azores, modern historiographer contest this record, limiting his discoveries to the eastern islands alone. In 1431, with less than a few days of travel, Gonçalo Velho discovered a scattering of rocky outcroppings, which
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of both islands (Santa Maria was settled in 1439, and colonists started arriving on São Miguel in 1444). During this period, he ordered the burning/clearing of lands and donated vast tracts of lands to family members and loyal servants, who began to cultivate wheat, raised honey-bees and planted
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A legend recounts the tale of a runaway slave on the island of Santa Maria who, upon reaching the summit of a ridge, noticed another object in the northern horizon. As the story suggested, the slave returned to his master telling of the story, who along with others, verified the sighting and
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to discover new territories for the Portuguese Crown, promising to name the first island to the Virgin. Gonçalo Velho Cabral scanned maps and nautical charts for days while at sea, noting the currents and wind directions, during several nights, through storms and gales in search of these
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on Santa Maria before embarking; Cabral and his Algarvean sailors eventually discovered a large island on 8 May 1444. On this first expedition, the crew ported in the small islet (today near Vila Franca do Campo) naming the large island in honour of the apparition of the
495:). As with Santa Maria, he deposited herd animals on the island, and sent to Portugal tree branches, pigeons, a box of dirt and other signs of the new land. Settlement of Santa Maria and São Miguel began in earnest, and Gonçalo Velho became the 461:) of the island of Santa Maria. In 1432, the Infante Henry, upon receiving notice of a mystical island to the north of Santa Maria, sent orders to Gonçalo Velho to explore the waters and relate any discovery. On 3 April 1443, King 342:, with instructions to navigate to the western sea, and to "discover some land, return with notice". This first voyage was made to determine the location of "islands" first identified by the Portuguese pilot 487:. In a secondary expedition the captain investigated the northern coast of the island, before landing at the mouth of a large ravine in the southeast corner of the island, that settlers would eventually name 757:
Annaes da Marinha Portugueza por Ignacio da Costa Quintella, Vice-Almirante da Armada Real, Conselheiro d'Estado Honorario, Conselherio do Real Conselho da Marinha, e Socio Honorario da Academia Real das
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could see along the horizon a cloudy form, which progressively grew in dimensions and darkened, taken on a distinctive form. Finally, when the seaman realized beyond doubt, he yelled down to the crew,
304:). His siblings Álvaro Velho Cabral, Teresa Velho Cabral, wife of Fernão Soares de Albergaria, and Violante Velho Cabral, wife of Diogo Gonçalves de Travassos also established settlements in the 447:
The Infante received these "gifts" in 1432, and immediately ordered that herds be sent to the island, while he organized a plan. For his discovery, Gonçalo Velho was given the hereditary
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Under his administration, São Miguel and Santa Maria remained a single Captaincy until 1474, when Velho Cabral sold São Miguel to
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It was believed that Gonçalo Velho was the discoverer of the first seven Azores islands, in 1432, until the Portuguese historian
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Prince Henry's summons was based on a general acceptance of the commander's virtues and prudence, that made him trustworthy.
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when the cry was heard. The commander considered it a miracle and, remembering the promise he had made, named the island as
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In 1431, Gonçalo Velho was in the Vila de Tancos, along the Tagus River, when he received a summons from the
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With his crew he disembarked on a small beach in the north-western part of the island, which he named
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eventually related it back to the Corte of Prince Henry the Navigator, of a mysterious island.
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Matos, Artur Teodoro de; Menses, Avelino de Freitas de; Leite, José Guilhereme Reis (2008),
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grapevines from Crete. At the same time the Infante Henry had ordered Moorish peoples (
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that worked for the Infante. On his orders, Cabral was sent, once again, to search the
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established that the first discoveries had occurred in 1427, after a reading of a
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The following year, and during the reign of his brother (King
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Donatary-Captain of the Islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel
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of Veleda, and his wife Maria Álvares Cabral (great-aunt of
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in most modern biographies, he is generally referred to as
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Statue of Goncalo Velho Cabral alongside the city gates in
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On his return, Gonçalo Velho and his crew made port in
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His sister Teresa's only child 334:, who ordered him to depart from 33: 1609:Donatary-Captains of the Azores 1550:Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva 778:Costa, Susana Goulart (2008), 630:Carlos Melo Bento (2008), p.20 1: 1575:Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho 762:Annals of the Portuguese Navy 732:Furtado-Brum, Ângela (1999). 246: 1624:Maritime history of Portugal 1372:Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira 723:Bento, Carlos Melo (2008), 1655: 1639:Portuguese Roman Catholics 1570:Pedro Fernandes de Queirós 416:and were just pronouncing 253:monk and Commander in the 1583: 974: 440:(from the Portuguese for 318:in historical documents. 236: 127: 100:João Soares de Albergaria 64: 52: 32: 25: 1281:Alexandre de Serpa Pinto 851:Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia 582:of 1439, which credited 26: 1545:Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo 1505:Antonio Díaz de Cardoso 1487:In foreign service 1286:André Álvares de Almada 1169:João Fernandes Lavrador 1144:João Afonso do Estreito 1109:Fernão Pires de Andrade 1059:Diogo Lopes de Sequeira 1054:Diogo Fernandes Pereira 518:Rui Gonçalves da Câmara 1588:Portuguese discoveries 1520:Gaspar Castaño de Sosa 1377:António Raposo Tavares 1079:Duarte Pacheco Pereira 896:Diogo de Melo Coutinho 505: 456: 249:1400 – c. 1460) was a 181:Branca de Sousa Falcão 1397:Diogo Álvares Correia 1149:João Álvares Fagundes 1024:Cristóvão de Mendonça 979:Afonso de Albuquerque 881:Bartolomeu Perestrelo 1634:Roman Catholic monks 1412:Martim Soares Moreno 1402:Domingos Jorge Velho 1336:Paulo Dias de Novais 1301:Francisco de Lacerda 1229:Pedro Álvares Cabral 966:Tristão Vaz Teixeira 951:Lançarote de Freitas 946:João Gonçalves Zarco 931:Gonçalo Velho Cabral 876:Antoniotto Usodimare 826:Portuguese explorers 573:Damião António Peres 463:Afonso V of Portugal 310:Gonçalo Velho Cabral 302:Pedro Álvares Cabral 243:Gonçalo Velho Cabral 197:Maria Álvares Cabral 27:Gonçalo Velho Cabral 1565:Ñuño Fernández Lobo 1433:António da Madalena 1311:Hermenegildo Capelo 1306:Gonçalo da Silveira 1209:Lourenço de Almeida 1189:João Vaz Corte-Real 1104:Fernão Mendes Pinto 1004:António de Saldanha 577:Gabriel de Valsequa 506:mouriscos de África 389:Pillars of Hercules 213:Kingdom of Portugal 157:Kingdom of Portugal 43:, on the island of 1555:Luís Vaz de Torres 1540:Juan Díaz de Solís 1515:Ferdinand Magellan 1438:António de Andrade 1382:Baltasar Fernandes 916:Fernando de Castro 330:, Governor of the 47:(Azores), Portugal 1596: 1595: 1560:Manuel de Mederos 1495:Alberto del Canto 1481: 1480: 1296:Francisco Barreto 1291:Francisco Álvares 1257: 1256: 1234:Pedro Mascarenhas 1214:Miguel Corte-Real 1129:Gomes de Sequeira 1119:Gaspar Corte-Real 1089:Fernão de Loronha 1044:Diogo de Azambuja 1029:Cristóvão Jacques 926:Gonçalo de Sintra 769:Lima, G. 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Ponta Delgada
São Miguel
Donatary-Captain of the Islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel
John I
Edward
Alphonso V
João Soares de Albergaria
Santa Maria
São Miguel
Commander of the Islands of the Azores
Kingdom of Portugal
Portuguese
Kingdom of Portugal
Almourol Castle
Portuguese
Order of Christ
Formigas
Santa Maria
São Miguel
Azores
Age of Discovery
Fernão Velho
Alcaide
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Azores
Prince Henry
Order of Christ
Sagres
caravel

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