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Lapela, in the parish of Cabril and a municipality of Montalegre (Portugal), is the region where allegedly the nickname "Cabrilha" originated. It became the surname Cabrilho and was pronounced at the time Cabrilhe in Galician and Cabrillo in Spanish, according to the historian João Soares Tavares, biographer of João Rodrigues Cabrilho.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ( Portuguese: João Rodrigues Cabrilho; c. 1497 – January 3, 1543) was an Iberian maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire.
Cabril is a quiet freguesia (council) of Montalegre located in the Oriental end of the Peneda Gerês National Park, in Portugal. The houses in this town are dispersed through a big fertile basin in the shade of high peaks. Its centre is the Largo do Cruzeiro, with its old pelourinho (pillory).
Apr 17, 2022 · In Lapela, Parish of Cabril and municipality of Montalegre (Portugal), the land where allegedly the nickname Cabrilha originated (allegedly pronounced at the time Cabrilhe in Galician and Cabrillo in Spanish according to João Soares Tavares, biographer of João Rodrigues Cabrilho), and still existing in Portugal as a surname (because of this Cast...
- Palma del Río
- March 13, 1499
- Beatriz Sánchez de Ortega
- Palma del Río, España (Spain)
Although some historians have long believed that Cabrillo was from Spain, some locations in Portugal have claimed to be his birthplace. One such location is Lapela, in the parish of Cabril and a municipality of Montalegre. However, only a few locations in Portugal still have some legitimacy to claim him as their own.
It is the last village on the eastern edge of the parish of Cabril, being separated from the neighboring parish of Outeiro by the Cavadas stream, a mountain watercourse famous for its waterfalls. Lapela is one of the most famous places in Cabril because it was here that João Rodrigues Cabrilho, a sixteenth century Portuguese explorer and ...
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The Kingdom of Portugal [3] was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves after 1415, and as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves between 1815 and 1822. The ...
