Francisco Serrão
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Kingdom Of Portugal |
| Died | Sultanate Of Ternate |
| 1521 | |
| Sultanate Of Ternate | |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
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| ID | 1462016 |
Francisco Serrão Life story
Francisco Serrão was a Portuguese explorer and a possible cousin of Ferdinand Magellan. His 1512 voyage was the first known European sailing east past Malacca through modern Indonesia and the East Indies. He became a confidant of Sultan Bayan Sirrullah, the ruler of Ternate, becoming his personal advisor.