Gomes Eanes de Zurara
E106455
Gomes Eanes de Zurara was a 15th-century Portuguese chronicler best known for documenting the early Portuguese voyages of exploration and the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gomes Eanes de Zurara canonical | 1 |
| cronista-mor (chief chronicler) of Portugal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T903629 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Gomes Eanes de Zurara Context triple: [Jerónimos Monastery, containsTombOf, Gomes Eanes de Zurara]
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A.
Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega was a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary who played a key role in the early colonization and evangelization of Brazil, including the establishment of major settlements.
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B.
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler best known for his detailed firsthand account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire in his work "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain."
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C.
Tomé de Sousa
Tomé de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and military officer best known as the first Governor-General of Brazil, where he founded the city of Salvador and helped establish colonial administration.
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D.
Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator best known for re-establishing the city of Buenos Aires in present-day Argentina.
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E.
Diogo de Azambuja
Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gomes Eanes de Zurara Target entity description: Gomes Eanes de Zurara was a 15th-century Portuguese chronicler best known for documenting the early Portuguese voyages of exploration and the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade.
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A.
Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega was a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary who played a key role in the early colonization and evangelization of Brazil, including the establishment of major settlements.
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B.
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler best known for his detailed firsthand account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire in his work "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain."
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C.
Tomé de Sousa
Tomé de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and military officer best known as the first Governor-General of Brazil, where he founded the city of Salvador and helped establish colonial administration.
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D.
Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator best known for re-establishing the city of Buenos Aires in present-day Argentina.
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E.
Diogo de Azambuja
Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century writer
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Portuguese person ⓘ chronicler ⓘ historian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Crónica da Guiné
ⓘ
Crónica de D. Pedro de Meneses ⓘ
surface form:
Crónica de D. Duarte de Meneses
Crónica de D. Pedro de Meneses ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| documented |
early Portuguese trading and raiding voyages south of Cape Bojador
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raids and captures of enslaved Africans on the West African coast ⓘ |
| employer |
House of Aviz
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Portuguese Crown ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Portuguese ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
ⓘ
historiography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Portuguese royal court
ⓘ
ideology of crusade and Christian expansion ⓘ |
| knownFor |
documenting early Portuguese voyages of exploration
ⓘ
documenting the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ early chronicles of Portuguese expansion in West Africa ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| nationality | Portuguese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Crónica da Guiné
ⓘ
Crónica de D. Pedro de Meneses ⓘ
surface form:
Crónica de D. Duarte de Meneses
Crónica de D. Pedro de Meneses ⓘ |
| occupation |
chronicler
ⓘ
historian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Lisbon
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Portugal ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Henry the Navigator
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surface form:
Prince Henry the Navigator in a favorable light
enslavement of Africans as a Christianizing mission ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Gomes Eanes de Zurara
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
cronista-mor (chief chronicler) of Portugal
royal chronicler of Portugal ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
|
| sourceFor |
early history of the Atlantic slave trade
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history of Portuguese expansion in Guinea ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Portuguese exploration of the West African coast
ⓘ
Henry the Navigator ⓘ
surface form:
Prince Henry the Navigator
conquest of Ceuta ⓘ early Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
panegyrical
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royalist ⓘ |
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Subject: Gomes Eanes de Zurara Description of subject: Gomes Eanes de Zurara was a 15th-century Portuguese chronicler best known for documenting the early Portuguese voyages of exploration and the beginnings of the Atlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (2)
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