Year1418

Name: Before 1418 the archipelago was already known to Portuguese navigators.
Start: 1418

1418

Before 1418 the archipelago was already known to Portuguese navigators.

Discovery of the archipelago
1418–1425

Zarco and Tristão Vaz probably reconnoitred the archipelago between 1418 and 1425.

Discovery of the archipelago
1418

Porto Santo was discovered, traditionally in 1418 (or 1419); Bartolomeu Perestrelo was falsely said to have taken part.

Historical dates Discovery of the archipelago Perestrelo (Bartolomeu) Porto Santo

Year · 1418