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Miguel Corte-Real (c. 1448 – 1502?) was a 15th century 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....
 explorer
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He was a son of Joćo Vaz Corte-Real
Joćo Vaz Corte-Real

Jo?o Vaz Corte-Real was a Portugal exploration in the 15th century. In 1474, he was granted lands on Terceira Island on the Azores because he had discovered Bacalao ; there is speculation that this unidentified isle was possibly Newfoundland ....
 and a brother of explorer Gaspar Corte-Real
Gaspar Corte-Real

Gaspar Corte-Real was a Portugal Exploration.He was the youngest of three sons of Jo?o Vaz Corte-Real, also an explorer, and had accompanied his father on his expeditions to North America....
. Gaspar went on an 1499 exploration of Greenland
Greenland

Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
 and stayed there for several months before going back to Portugal because the iceberg
Iceberg

An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off from a snow-formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. It may subsequently become frozen into pack ice or come to rest on the seabed in shallower water, causing ice scour....
s forced them to leave. In 1500 Gaspar set out again with Miguel. Miguel and Gaspar kidnapped 57 natives and charted about 600 km of coastline of what is now Labrador
Labrador

Labrador is a region of Atlantic Canada. Together with the island of Newfoundland from which it is separated by the Strait of Belle Isle, it constitutes the province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
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Miguel Corte-Real (c. 1448 – 1502?) was a 15th century 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....
 explorer
List of explorers

This list of explorers is sorted by surname. See also the links #See also.A B C D E F G ...
.

He was a son of Joćo Vaz Corte-Real
Joćo Vaz Corte-Real

Jo?o Vaz Corte-Real was a Portugal exploration in the 15th century. In 1474, he was granted lands on Terceira Island on the Azores because he had discovered Bacalao ; there is speculation that this unidentified isle was possibly Newfoundland ....
 and a brother of explorer Gaspar Corte-Real
Gaspar Corte-Real

Gaspar Corte-Real was a Portugal Exploration.He was the youngest of three sons of Jo?o Vaz Corte-Real, also an explorer, and had accompanied his father on his expeditions to North America....
. Gaspar went on an 1499 exploration of Greenland
Greenland

Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
 and stayed there for several months before going back to Portugal because the iceberg
Iceberg

An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off from a snow-formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. It may subsequently become frozen into pack ice or come to rest on the seabed in shallower water, causing ice scour....
s forced them to leave. In 1500 Gaspar set out again with Miguel. Miguel and Gaspar kidnapped 57 natives and charted about 600 km of coastline of what is now Labrador
Labrador

Labrador is a region of Atlantic Canada. Together with the island of Newfoundland from which it is separated by the Strait of Belle Isle, it constitutes the province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
. His brother (Gaspar) sent him and two ships back to Portugal, but after that Gaspar was never heard of again. In May of the following year, Miguel set out an expedition to search for Gaspar, but he too disappeared. He is thought to have perished in a storm. Some scholars believe that Miguel Corte-Real carved inscriptions on the controversial Dighton Rock
Dighton Rock

The Dighton Rock is a 40 ton boulder, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts . The rock is noted for the controversy surrounding a set of mysterious inscriptions on it....
, along the Taunton River
Taunton River

The Taunton River , is a river in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. It arises from the confluence of the Town River and Matfield River, in the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts....
 in what is today the U.S. state
U.S. state

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 of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. This interpretation assumes that Dighton Rock was, in fact, a crude Padrćo
Padrćo

A Padr?o was a large stone cross inscribed with the Coat of arms of Portugal of Portugal that was placed as part of a land claim by numerous List of Portuguese people List of explorers during the Portugal in the Age of Discovery Age of Discovery....
, or Portuguese claim marker. If true, it would indicate that Corte-Real had survived for years after he was thought to have been lost at sea. The sole surviving brother, Vasco Anes Corte-Real, wished to sail in search of his brothers, but he was refused permission by the Portuguese monarch.

See also

  • Age of Discovery
    Age of Discovery

    The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was a period in human history starting in the 15th Century and continuing into the 17th Century, during which Europeans explored the world by ocean searching for trading partners and particular trade goods....
  • Gaspar Corte-Real
    Gaspar Corte-Real

    Gaspar Corte-Real was a Portugal Exploration.He was the youngest of three sons of Jo?o Vaz Corte-Real, also an explorer, and had accompanied his father on his expeditions to North America....
  • Explorers
  • Portugal
    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....
  • Northwest Passage
    Northwest Passage

    The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
  • List of people who have mysteriously disappeared


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