Sancho de Tovar

Portuguese nobleman of Castilian birth

1465 CE to 1547 CE

Sancho de Tovar, 6th Lord of Cevico, Caracena and Boca de Huérgano (c. 1465 – 1547) is a Portuguese nobleman of Castilian birth, best known as a navigator and explorer during the Portuguese age of discoveries.

He is he vice-admiral (soto-capitão) of the fleet that discovers Brazil in 1500, and is later appointed Governor of the East African port-city of Sofala by king Manuel I.

In this post, he conducts several exploratory missions in the interior regions of present-day Mozambique.

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