Pedro Mascarenhas travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Pedro Mascarenhas as Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator.
Pedro Mascarenhas was born at Mértola in 1484. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Portugal.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer, diplomat and seafarer.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Pedro Mascarenhas died in 1555, aged 71. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, diplomat and seafarer
