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Diogo Gomes
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Portuguese navigator who wrote a Latin account of the discoveries of Guinea and the Atlantic islands. His account is a source for the main Selvagem island and for António da Nola's stay in Madeira in 1460.
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- Discovery of the archipelago — Author of a Latin account of the discoveries of Guinea and the Atlantic islands.
- Savage Islands — Navigator who left a manuscript account of the main Selvagem island.
- Nola (António da) — Portuguese navigator whose account of his voyages is the source for António da Nola's stay in Madeira in 1460.
- Gomes de Cintra (Diogo) — Navigator whose entry is found under Cintra and connected with the discovery.
- Discovery of the archipelago — Navigator whose narrative mentions the discovery.
- Zarco (João Gonçalves) — Contemporary of Prince Henry whose voyage accounts spell the name Zarco.
- Forest regime — Portuguese navigator who visited Madeira in the fifteenth century and described its forests.