In the history of exploration, João Gonçalves Zarco is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists João Gonçalves Zarco as explorer.
João Gonçalves Zarco was born at Kingdom of Portugal in 1390. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Portugal.
This was the great age of overland travel: Arab geographers, Chinese Buddhist pilgrims and Norse seafarers each reached further than Europe knew.
He is recorded as explorer.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
João Gonçalves Zarco died in 1471, aged 81. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer
