page_title: Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia
hierarchical_section_title: Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia
caption_attribution_description: English: Effigy of Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (c. 1415-1481), Portuguese navigator, in the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument to the Discoveries), in Lisbon, Portugal. Português: Efígie de Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (c. 1415-1481), navegador português, no Padrão dos Descobrimentos, em Lisboa, Portugal.
context_page_description: Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia was a 15th-century Portuguese nautical explorer. He explored much of the coast of Western Sahara in 1435–1436 on behalf of the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator. He would later become one of the first colonists of Terceira Island in the Azores.
context_section_description: Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia  was a 15th-century Portuguese nautical explorer. He explored much of the coast of Western Sahara in 1435–1436 on behalf of the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator. He would later become one of the first colonists of Terceira Island in the Azores.
caption: Effigy of Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia in the Monument to the Discoveries, in Lisbon, Portugal.
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