Pêro da Covilhã
E159660
Pêro da Covilhã was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and diplomat who played a key role in paving the sea route to India through his overland reconnaissance of eastern trade routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pêro da Covilhã canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1303262 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pêro da Covilhã Context triple: [John II of Portugal, supportedExplorer, Pêro da Covilhã]
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A.
Pedro Nuno Santos
Pedro Nuno Santos is a Portuguese politician who serves as a prominent figure in the Socialist Party and has held key government positions, including Minister of Infrastructure and Housing.
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B.
Manuel de Arriaga
Manuel de Arriaga was a Portuguese lawyer, politician, and statesman who became the first elected president of the Portuguese First Republic in the early 20th century.
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C.
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.
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D.
António
António is a common Portuguese given name, notably borne by António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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E.
Sebastian of Portugal
Sebastian of Portugal was the young and zealous 16th-century king whose disastrous 1578 crusading campaign in Morocco led to his death and a dynastic crisis that precipitated the Iberian Union under Spanish rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pêro da Covilhã Target entity description: Pêro da Covilhã was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and diplomat who played a key role in paving the sea route to India through his overland reconnaissance of eastern trade routes.
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A.
Pedro Nuno Santos
Pedro Nuno Santos is a Portuguese politician who serves as a prominent figure in the Socialist Party and has held key government positions, including Minister of Infrastructure and Housing.
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B.
Manuel de Arriaga
Manuel de Arriaga was a Portuguese lawyer, politician, and statesman who became the first elected president of the Portuguese First Republic in the early 20th century.
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C.
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.
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D.
António
António is a common Portuguese given name, notably borne by António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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E.
Sebastian of Portugal
Sebastian of Portugal was the young and zealous 16th-century king whose disastrous 1578 crusading campaign in Morocco led to his death and a dynastic crisis that precipitated the Iberian Union under Spanish rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese person
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diplomat ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Arabian Peninsula
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Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ Horn of Africa ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
Portuguese maritime expansion ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Covilhã
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Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
15th century
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16th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | John II of Portugal ⓘ |
| employer | John II of Portugal ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | planning of Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
helping pave the Portuguese sea route to India
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missions to the Indian Ocean and Red Sea regions ⓘ reconnaissance of eastern trade routes to India ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| laterResidence | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| missionType | intelligence-gathering on spice trade routes ⓘ |
| name |
Pedro da Covilhã
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Pero da Covilhã ⓘ Pêro da Covilhã self-link ⓘ |
| notableJourney |
journey to Aden
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overland journey to Ethiopia ⓘ overland journey to the eastern Mediterranean and Near East to study spice routes ⓘ pilgrimage route to Mecca ⓘ travel to Alexandria and Cairo ⓘ voyage from Barcelona to Naples and Rhodes ⓘ voyage to Calicut on the Malabar Coast of India ⓘ voyage to Goa ⓘ voyage to Ormuz in the Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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explorer ⓘ spy ⓘ |
| providedInformationTo | Portuguese Crown ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| visited |
Aden
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Alexandria ⓘ Cairo ⓘ Calicut ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Goa ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Hormuz Island ⓘ
surface form:
Ormuz
|
| workedFor | John II of Portugal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pêro da Covilhã Description of subject: Pêro da Covilhã was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and diplomat who played a key role in paving the sea route to India through his overland reconnaissance of eastern trade routes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.