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Estêvão da Gama (c. 1470)

Estêvão da Gama (c. 1470)

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Estêvão da Gama (c. 1470) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer, discoverer of the Trindade and Martim Vaz islands (in modern Brazil).

For other people named Estêvão da Gama, see Estêvão da Gama (disambiguation).

Estêvão da Gama was Vasco da Gama's cousin, son of his cousin Aires da Gama, as explained by Manuel de Faria e Sousa, in its work Ásia Portuguesa (1675). He was Captain-major of the Portuguese army in India in 1503.

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