Vasco de Ataíde was a Portuguese sailor who commanded a ship of the expedition of Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil. We know little about him as his brother Pero de Ataíde. Some historians believe that his ship, those who made ​​up the fleet of Cabral, is one of four that were wrecked in the storm of May 24, 1500 when they left the Brazilian coast in the direction of India.

Caminha

Pêro Vaz de Caminha

Pêro Vaz de Caminha , was a Portuguese knight that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral to India in 1500, as a secretary to the royal factory. Caminha wrote the detailed official report of the April 1500 discovery of Brazil by Cabral's fleet...

wrote "On the night of Monday next, at sunrise, Vasco de Ataide was lost from the fleet without enough wind to make it happen. The captain did his best to find it but it appeared no more."