# Pero Escobar

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15th-century Portuguese navigator

Effigy of Pero Escobar in the [Monument of the Discoveries](/source/Padr%C3%A3o_dos_Descobrimentos), in [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon), [Portugal](/source/Portugal).

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**Pero Escobar**, also known as **Pedro Escobar**, was a 15th-century [Portuguese](/source/Portugal) navigator who discovered [São Tomé](/source/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9) (December 21, 1471), [Annobón](/source/Annob%C3%B3n) (January 1, 1472), [Príncipe](/source/Pr%C3%ADncipe) (January 17, 1472) islands, together with [João de Santarém](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Santar%C3%A9m) c. 1470.[1] He is then recorded sailing with [Diogo Cão](/source/Diogo_C%C3%A3o) on his first voyage in 1482, and as the pilot of the famous Bérrio caravel on [Vasco da Gama](/source/Vasco_da_Gama)'s first expedition in 1497 to sail directly from Europe to [India](/source/India). He was also on [Pedro Álvares Cabral](/source/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral)'s discovery of Brazil in 1500.[2]

In 1471, working in the service of Lisbon merchant [Fernão Gomes](/source/Fern%C3%A3o_Gomes), 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](/source/Elmina) in 1471.[3][4][5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Albertino Francisco, Nujoma Agostinho, *Exorcising Devils from the Throne: São Tomé and Príncipe in the Chaos of Democratization*, p.28, (2011) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780875868486](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780875868486)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Diffie, Shafer, Winius, Bailey Wallys, Boyd C., George Davison, "Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415–1580", p. 188, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8166-0782-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8166-0782-6)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-marinha_3-0)** ["O Contrato de Fernão Gomes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020748/http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_fev1999/pag21.html) (in Portuguese). Archived from [the original](http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_fev1999/pag21.html) on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ghana_4-0)** ["Castelo de Elmina"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070305003001/http://www.ghanatourism.gov.gh/regions/highlight_detail.asp?id=&rdid=116). Governo de Gana. Archived from [the original](http://www.ghanatourism.gov.gh/regions/highlight_detail.asp?id=&rdid=116#) on March 5, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bakewell_5-0)** Wilks, Ivor. Wangara, Akan, and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (1997). Bakewell, Peter (ed.). *Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas*. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. pp. 1–39.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list))

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