Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pêro Vaz de Caminha

Portuguese explorer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1450

Place of Birth: Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1500

Profession: writer, explorer

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Pêro Vaz de Caminha (c.
1450 – 15 December 1500; Portuguese pronunciation: ['pe?u 'va(?)? ð? k?'mi??], Brazilian Portuguese: ['pe?u 'va(j)z d?i k?~'mi??]; also spelled Pedro 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 (Carta de Pêro Vaz de Caminha, dated 1 May, 1500).
He died in a riot in Calicut, India, at the end of that year.