Portuguese Explorer Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)
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	noun • the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
	43%	4		A former Portuguese coin and monetary unit of Portuguese Cape Verde and Portuguese Guinea
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New York Times22 Jul 1989	Across 56
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