Pedro Escobar, also known as Pêro Escobar, was a 15th century Portuguese

Portugal

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 navigator who discovered São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...

 together with João de Santarém

João de Santarém

João de Santarém Portuguese explorer that discovered São Tomé and Príncipe together with Pedro Escobar....

 and Fernão do Pó

Fernão do Pó

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 circa 1470. He is then recorded sailing with Diogo Cão

Diogo Cão

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 on his first voyage in 1482, and as the pilot of the famous Bérrio caravel on Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama

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’s first expedition in 1497 to sail directly from Europe to India

India

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. He was also on Pedro Álvares Cabral

Pedro Álvares Cabral

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’s discovery of Brazil in 1500.

In 1471, working in the service of Lisbon merchant Fernão Gomes

Fernão Gomes

Fernão Gomes was a Portuguese merchant and explorer from Lisbon, the son of Tristão Gomes de Brito .In 1469, King Afonso V of Portugal granted him the monopoly on trade in the Gulf of Guinea...

, who had a concession for the exploration and trade in the Gulf of Guinea, Pedro Escobar helped to discover the gold industry that would grow around Elmina

Elmina

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in 1471.