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Estêvão Gomes
Portuguese cartographer and explorer
Estêvão Gomes, also known in the Spanish versions of his name as Estevan Gómez or Esteban Gómez, (Porto, Kingdom of Portugal, c. 1483 - Paraguay River, 1538), is a Portuguese cartographer and explorer.
He sailes at the service of Spain in the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan, but deserts the expedition before reaching the Strait of Magellan, and returns to Spain in May 1521.
In 1524 he explores present-day Nova Scotia sailing South along the Maine coast.
While historical accounts vary, Gomes may have entered New York Harbor and saw the Hudson River.
Because of his expedition, the 1529 Diogo Ribeiro world map outlines the East coast of North America almost perfectly.