death_date death_place birth_place imagesize nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
1635 in a sea journey são miguel island , azores , portugal 120px portuguese c. 1578 alonso de benavides
 alonso de benavides franciscan missionary
alonso de benavides

alonso de benavides -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- c.1578-1635 -rrb- was a portuguese franciscan missionary active in new mexico , in the early part of the seventeenth century .
his use of the term `` navaho '' is said to be the first printed reference .
