Bartolomeu Perestrello [SEP] place of death
Bartolomeu Perestrello
Bartolomeu Perestrello (, in Italian "Bartolomeo Perestrello"), 1st Capitão Donatário, Lord and Governor of the Island of Porto Santo ( 1395 – 1457) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer that is claimed to have discovered and populated Porto Santo Island (1419) together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira. The account of his participation in the discovery is disputed by some historians.
Biography.
He was a son of "Micer" Filippo Pallastrelli (called Filipe Perestrello in Portugal), a
Bartolomeu
Bartolomeu is a given name of Portuguese, Galician or Romanian origin. It is a cognate of Bartholomew. Notable people with this name include:
- Bartolomeu Anania – a Romanian Orthodox monk who was the Metropolitan of Cluj (1993–2011)
- Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos
- Bartolomeu de Gusmão
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Bartolomeu Perestrello – 1st Capitão Donatário, Lord and Governor of the Island of Porto Santo (c. 1395–1457)
- Bartolomeu Português – a Portuguese buccaneer
- Bartolomeu Velho – a sixteenth-