J. Gonzales Zarco
fl. 1420
Portuguese navigator. Travelled on the Ceuta expedition of 1415. Navigated the coast of Africa with Tristan Vaz in 1417. Claimed Madeira for the Portuguese crown in 1419 and was granted part of the island in recognition of his service.
Sources
NBU
Variation 1: 112 n. 23.
Bibliography
NBU: Nouvelle biographie universelle depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l’indication des sources a consulter. Edited by Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer. 46 vols. in 23. Paris: Firmin Didot Frères. 1852–66.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
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