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Afonso V (Portuguese pronunciation:) (15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African (Portuguese: o Africano), was king of Portugal from 1438 until his death in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477.
1450 Henry of Portugal grants the island of Terceira to Jacome de Bruges, a member of one of the richest families in Bruges. 1452 Diogo and Joao de Teive discover the Islands of Flores and Corvo. 1453 Afonso V gives Corvo to Afonso, Duke of Braganca.
Afonso V was the 10th king of Portugal (1438–81), known as the African from his campaigns in Morocco. The son of King Edward (Duarte) and Queen Leonor, daughter of King Ferdinand I of Aragon, Afonso succeeded to the throne at the age of six.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 25, 2021 · The remoteness of the Azores was handy for authorities to deal with political pariahs. For example, Peter II of Portugal (r. 1683-1706) took the throne and exiled his predecessor Afonso VI of Portugal (r. 1656-1683) on the islands for several years.
- Mark Cartwright
One of the more consistent maps presented to King Afonso V of Portugal was from the Azorean, Fernão Teles (in 1473). This map showed a long coastline, with various islands, bays and rivers which the author declared were part of the fabled land of Sete Cidades.
Gonçalo Velho Cabral ( c. 1400 – c. 1460) was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer (credited with the discovery of the Formigas, the re-discovery of the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel in the Azores) and hereditary landowner responsible for administering Crown lands on the same islands, during the Portuguese Age...
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Feb 24, 2023 · Under the treaty, Portugal gained exclusive rights to explore and exploit the African coast and the islands of the Atlantic, including the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, and Guinea, with the exception of the Canary Islands, which were recognized as Castilian possessions.
