Pedro da Cintra was a
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explorer.
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Pedro da Cintra was a
PortugueseThe Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the far west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe...
explorer.
He was among the first Europeans to explore the
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n coast. Around 1462 his expedition reached contemporary
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and named it. Continuing their journey, they visited the
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.