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Afonso de Albuquerque (16th century naval admiral and viceroy of India)
Afonso de Paiva (15th century/16th century diplomat and explorer in Ethiopia)
Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Álvaro Caminha (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands)
Álvaro Martins (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Alvise Cadamosto (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands and of the African coast)
André Gonçalves (15th century explorer of the sea route to Brazil)
Antão Gonçalves (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Antonio de Abreu (16th century explorer of Indonesia)
António Fernandes (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Baltazar Fernandes (17th century explorer of Brazil's interior)
Bartolomeu Dias (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Bartolomeu Perestrelo (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands)
Bento de Góis (16th century explorer)
Cristóvão Borralho (16th century among the first to reach Japan)
David Melgueiro (17th century explorer of the Arctic)
Dinis Dias (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Diogo Cão (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Diogo de Azambuja (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Diogo Dias (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands, of the African coast and the Indian Ocean, discovered Madagascar)
Diogo Rodrigues (16th century explorer of the Indian Ocean)
Diogo Silves (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands)
Duarte Fernandes (16th century diplomat in Thailand)
Duarte Pacheco Pereira (15th century explorer of the Atlantic)
Estevão da Gama (16th century explorer of the Indian Ocean)
Fernão de Noronha (15th century/16th century explorer of the Atlantic)
Fernão do Pó (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Fernão Lopez (16th century soldier in India and first resident of the island of Saint Helena)
Fernão Mendes Pinto (16th century among the first to reach Japan)
Fernão Pires de Andrade (16th century merchant in China)
Francisco Álvares (16th century missionary and explorer in Ethiopia)
Francisco de Almeida (16th century explorer and viceroy of India)
Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral (20th century the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air)
Gaspar Corte-Real (16th century explorer of North America)
Gaspar de Lemos (15th century/16th century explorer of the Atlantic and of the sea route to Brazil)
Gil Eanes (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Gomes de Sequeira (16th century, some have claimed he discovered Australia - highly disputed)
Gonçalo Coelho (15th century/16th century explorer of the South American coast)
Gonçalo Velho (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands)
Hermenegildo Capelo (19th century explorer of Africa)
Jeronimo Lobo (17th century missionary and explorer of Ethiopia)
João da Nova (16th century explorer of the Atlantic and of the Indian Ocean)
João de Santarém (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands)
João Fernandes Lavrador (15th century/16th century explorer of North America)
João Gonçalves Zarco (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands)
João Grego (15th century explorer of the African coast)
João Infante (15th century explorer of the African coast)
João Rodrigues Cabrilho (16th century discoverer of California)
João Vaz Corte-Real (15th century explorer of North America)
Jorge Álvares (16th century the first to reach China)
Lopes Gonçalves (15th century explorer of the Atlantic)
Lourenço Marques (16th century trader and explorer in East Africa)
Luís Pires (15th century explorer of the sea route to Brazil)
Luis Váez de Torres (16th century/17th century explorer of south-west Pacific)
Martim Afonso de Sousa (16th century explorer and soldier in India)
Miguel Corte-Real (16th century explorer of North America)
Nicolau Coelho (15th century explorer of the sea route to Brazil)
Nuno Tristão (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Paulo da Gama (15th century explorer of the sea route to India)
Paulo Dias de Novais (16th century colonizer of Africa)
Pedro Álvares Cabral (discoverer of Brazil in 1500)
Pedro Escobar (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands)
Pedro Fernandes de Queiroz (16th century/17th century explorer of south-west Pacific, some have claimed he discovered Australia)
Pedro Mascarenhas (16th century explorer of the Indian Ocean)
Pedro Teixeira (17th century explorer of the Amazon River)
Pero da Covilhã (15th century/16th century diplomat and explorer in Ethiopia and India)
Pêro de Alenquer (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Pêro de Barcelos (15th century/16th century explorer of North America)
Pêro de Sintra (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Pêro Dias (15th century explorer of the African coast)
Pêro Vaz de Caminha (15th century explorer of the sea route to Brazil)
Roberto Ivens (19th century explorer of Africa)
Serpa Pinto (19th century explorer of Africa)
Tristão da Cunha (16th century naval general and discoverer)
Tristão Vaz Teixeira (15th century explorer of the Atlantic islands)
Vasco da Gama (led the discovery of the sea route to India in 1498)