Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia

Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia
Effigy of Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia in the Monument to the Discoveries, in Lisbon, Portugal.
Bornc. 1415
Porto, Kingdom of Portugal
Died1481
Praia da Vitória, Azores, Kingdom of Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Occupation(s)Explorer, colonist
Known forExplorer of the coast of Western Sahara.

Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia was a 15th-century Portuguese nautical explorer. He explored much of the coast of Western Sahara in 1435–1436 on behalf of the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator. He would later become one of the first colonists of Terceira Island in the Azores.

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