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Duarte Barbosa (died 1521) was a Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 writer and trader. Living in the 15th and the 16th century, his father was Diogo Barbosa. He travelled as a supernumerary with Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese people List of maritime explorers who, while in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia....
 in the Armada de Molucca expedition along with approximately 260 people of various ranks. During his journey, he wrote detailed accounts of foreign cultures.

One of the few survivors of the Battle of Mactan
Battle of Mactan

The Battle of Mactan was fought in the Philippines on April 27, 1521. The warriors of Lapu-Lapu, a native chieftain of Mactan Island, defeated Spain soldiers under the command of Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 in which Magellan was killed, Barbosa was made captain of the ship Victoria and the co-commander of the armada, where remained until he was killed at the Humabon feast.

Among others that travelled along with him and Magellan were:

In 1485, Barbosa was reputedly the first Portuguese to visit Bahrain
Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
, then part of the Jabrid state centred on Al-Hasa
Al-Hasa

Al-Ahsa is the largest Governorates of Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, named after Al-Hasa. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the region, Hofuf....
.






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Duarte Barbosa (died 1521) was a Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 writer and trader. Living in the 15th and the 16th century, his father was Diogo Barbosa. He travelled as a supernumerary with Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese people List of maritime explorers who, while in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia....
 in the Armada de Molucca expedition along with approximately 260 people of various ranks. During his journey, he wrote detailed accounts of foreign cultures.

One of the few survivors of the Battle of Mactan
Battle of Mactan

The Battle of Mactan was fought in the Philippines on April 27, 1521. The warriors of Lapu-Lapu, a native chieftain of Mactan Island, defeated Spain soldiers under the command of Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 in which Magellan was killed, Barbosa was made captain of the ship Victoria and the co-commander of the armada, where remained until he was killed at the Humabon feast.

Among others that travelled along with him and Magellan were:
  • Juan Sebastian Elcano
    Juan Sebastián Elcano

    Juan Sebasti?n Elcano , 1486/1487 – Pacific Ocean, August 4, 1526) was a navigator. He completed the first world circumnavigation in history....
    , who took command of the expedition after the death of Magellan and completed the first circumnavigation of the world.
  • Estêvão Gomes (pilot major
    Major

    In many European languages, the term Major refers to a military rank, denoting seniority at one of usually various levels of rank, for example: "Sergeant-Major" denoting the most senior ranking sergeant of a large military unit; "Captain-Major", denoting a mid-level command status Officer ...
    , mutinied at Strait of Magellan
    Strait of Magellan

    The Strait of Magellan comprises a navigable sea route immediately south of mainland Chile and north of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The waterway is the most important natural passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, but it is considered a difficult route to navigate because of the inhospitable climate and the narrowness o...
     and took vessel San Antonio back to Spain)
  • Gonzalo Gómez de Espinosa
    Espinosa

    Espinosa is a municipality in the north of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. As of 2007 the population was 31,322 in a total area of 1,876 km?....
     (master-at-arms, captain of vessel Trinity after a fiasco at Brunei
    Brunei

    Brunei Darussalam, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace , is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia....
     and on final voyage)
  • Francisco Albo (pilot)
  • Pedro de Valderrama
  • Juan Serrano
    Juan Serrano

    Juan Serrano was a sixteenth century navigator who sailed with Ferdinand Magellan during the first circumnavigation of the world . Of Portugal origin, Serrano was brother or cousin to Francisco Serr?o, who was residing in the Spice Islands when the voyage began and whom Magellan hoped to meet ....
    , captain of Santiago
  • Ginés de Mafra (seaman
    Seaman

    Seaman as a rate refers to one of the lowest rates in a Navy. In Commonwealth of Nations context it refers to the lowest rank in the Navy, followed by Able Seaman and Leading Seaman, and followed by the Petty Officer ranks....
    )
  • Enrique de Malacca (slave to Magellan from the Malacca, escaped after the Battle of Mactan
    Battle of Mactan

    The Battle of Mactan was fought in the Philippines on April 27, 1521. The warriors of Lapu-Lapu, a native chieftain of Mactan Island, defeated Spain soldiers under the command of Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
     and plotted with Humabon)
  • Alvaro de Mesquita (Magellan's relative and supernumerary, assumes command of vessel San Antonio from de Coca, captain after mutiny, overpowered by mutiny led by Gomes and taken back to Spain)
  • Antonio Pigafetta
    Antonio Pigafetta

    Antonio Pigafetta , was a Republic of Venice scholar born in Vicenza. He was engaged to accompany and assist the Portugal captain Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish crew on their trip to the Maluku Islands....
     (chronicler)
  • Cristóvão Rebêlo (Magellan's illegitimate son, dies at Mactan)


In 1485, Barbosa was reputedly the first Portuguese to visit Bahrain
Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
, then part of the Jabrid state centred on Al-Hasa
Al-Hasa

Al-Ahsa is the largest Governorates of Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, named after Al-Hasa. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the region, Hofuf....
. His Book of Duarte Barbosa published in 1518 provides an account of the lands bordering the Indian Ocean.

See also

  • Tomé Pires
    Tomé Pires

    Tom? Pires was an apothecary from Lisbon who spent 1512 to 1515 in Malacca immediately after the Portugal conquest, at a time when Europeans were only first arriving in South East Asia....
  • Rafael Perestrello
    Rafael Perestrello

    Rafael Perestrello was a Portugal explorer and a cousin of Filipa Moniz Perestrello, the wife of the famed explorer Christopher Columbus. He is best known for having been the first to land on the southern shores of mainland China in 1516 and 1517 to trade in Guangzhou, after the Portuguese explorer Jorge ?lvares landed on Lintin Island withi...
  • Fernão Pires de Andrade
    Fernão Pires de Andrade

    Captain Fern?o Pires de Andrade was a Portugal merchant, pharmacist, and official diplomat under the explorer and Malacca governor Afonso de Albuquerque....


Further reading

  • Duarte Barbosa (1518). Book of Duarte Barbosa
  • ML Dames (1989), The Book of Duarte Barbosa, 2 Vols, ASEA, Indian reprint.


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