Juan da Nova ( port. João da Nova , modern Galician. Xoán de Nóvoa - Choan de Nova , Spanish Juan de Nova - Juan de Nova; circa 1460 - 1509 ) - Portuguese navigator of Galician origin, a vivid representative of the era of great geographical discoveries .
| Juan da Nova | |
|---|---|
| port. João da nova | |
| Date of Birth | 1460 |
| Place of Birth | Maceda , Ourense , Galicia |
| Date of death | 1509 (ages 48–49) |
| Place of death | Cochin , India |
| Citizenship | Kingdom of Portugal |
| Occupation | Mariner , Traveler |
Biography
Born in the village of Maceda , Ourense district in the region of Galicia ( Spain ) around 1460 . When Juan was a child, Spanish Galicia was swept by a conflict known as the Brotherhood Wars (or Irmandinho ), so the family sent him to a calmer Portugal . There he entered the military service of the Portuguese crown . For participation in hostilities in northern Africa, Nova was awarded the title Alcaide menor de Lisboa in 1497 .
During his first trip to India in 1501, he discovered Ascension Island [1] . The discoverer called this land the island of the Immaculate Conception ( Conceição ), but did not make an entry in the ship's logbook. In 1503, the island was rediscovered by Afonso de Albuquerque , who gave it the current name Ascension. [2]
On the return trip from India to Portugal, on May 21, 1502, the navigator discovered Saint Helena , the site of the imprisonment and death of Napoleon Bonaparte . Both islands are now ruled by Britain . The main result of this expedition was the establishment of a trading post in Cannour .
During the 1505 expedition , Juan da Nova challenged the decision of Francisco di Almeida to transfer command to his son. He fell ill and was captured by calm on a tiny island in the Strait of Mozambique , which now bears his name.
Tristan da Cunha rescued Juan da Nova and his people from the strait and helped them return to India. There, the wayward sailor entered into a dispute (which came to the assault) with Albuquerque over plans to conquer Hormuz . For the valor shown during the capture of Muscat , he was pardoned, but was injured in battle, from which he died on his return to Cochin in 1509 .
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Links
- de Albuquerque, Afonso . The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India. - 1877.