Afonso de Paiva

Portuguese explorer and diplomat

Afonso de Paiva
Born	c. 1443 Castelo Branco, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	c. 1490 Africa
Nationality	Portuguese
Occupation(s)	Explorer, diplomat

Afonso de Paiva (c. 1443 – c. 1490) was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer of Ethiopia and the Barbary Coast together with Pêro da Covilhã.^[1] According to James Bruce, Afonso left Pêro da Covilhã at Aden, and proceeded to Suakin where he hoped to join a caravan to his destination. The further details of his life are not recorded. Bruce writes, "only that De Paiva, attempting his journey this way, lost his life, and was never more heard of."^[2]

References

^ Malyn Newitt (5 November 2004). A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion 1400–1668. Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-134-55304-4.
^ James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1805 edition), vol. 3, p. 185

Portuguese explorers

Maritime

In service of Prince Henry	Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia Álvaro Fernandes Alvise Cadamosto Antão Gonçalves António de Noli Antoniotto Usodimare Bartolomeu Perestrelo Dinis Dias Diogo Afonso Diogo de Melo Coutinho Diogo de Silves Diogo de Teive Diogo Gomes Fernando de Castro Gil Eanes Gonçalo de Sintra Gonçalo Velho Cabral João de Trasto João Fernandes João Gonçalves Zarco Lançarote de Freitas Nuno Tristão Pedro de Sintra Tristão Vaz Teixeira
Afonso de Albuquerque Álvaro Martins André Gonçalves António de Abreu António de Faria António de Saldanha António Galvão António Mota Bartolomeu Dias Cristóvão de Mendonça Cristóvão Jacques Diogo Cão Diogo da Rocha Diogo de Azambuja Diogo Dias Diogo Fernandes Pereira Diogo Lopes de Sequeira Diogo Rodrigues Diogo Soares Duarte Fernandes Duarte Pacheco Pereira Estêvão da Gama Fernão de Loronha Fernão do Pó Fernão Gomes Fernão Mendes Pinto Fernão Pires de Andrade Francisco Serrão Gaspar Corte-Real Gaspar de Lemos Gomes de Sequeira Gonçalo Álvares Gonçalo Coelho João Afonso do Estreito João Álvares Fagundes João da Gama João da Nova João de Santarém João Fernandes Lavrador João Grego João Infante João Serrão João Vaz Corte-Real Jorge Álvares Jorge de Menezes Lopes Gonçalves Lourenço de Almeida Miguel Corte-Real Nicolau Coelho Paulo da Gama Pedro Álvares Cabral Pedro Mascarenhas Pero Dias Pero Escobar Vasco da Gama

In service of Prince Henry

Overland

Africa	Afonso de Paiva Alexandre de Serpa Pinto André Álvares de Almada Francisco Álvares Francisco Barreto Francisco de Lacerda Gonçalo da Silveira Hermenegildo Capelo Jerónimo Lobo José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta José Sapateiro Lourenço Marques Paulo Dias de Novais Pero da Covilhã Roberto Ivens Sancho de Tovar Silva Porto
Americas	Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira António Raposo Tavares Baltasar Fernandes Borba Gato Brás Cubas Diogo Álvares Correia Domingos Jorge Velho Duarte Coelho Martim Soares Moreno Pedro Teixeira
Asia	António da Madalena António de Andrade Bento de Góis Diogo Veloso Domingo Paes Estêvão Cacella Fernão Nunes Galeote Pereira João Cabral