Francisco Serrão

A Portuguese explorer and a cousin of Ferdinand Magellan

Biography

His 1512 voyage was the first known European sailing east past Malacca through modern Indonesia and the East Indies. He became a confidante of the Sultan Bayan Sirrullah, the ruler of Ternate, becoming his personal advisor. He remained in Ternate where he died around the same time Magellan died.

Publications

TitlePublication DateDescriptionLink
Francisco Serrão (webpage from Wikipedia) A short article about Francisco Serrão Link

Events

NameDate
Francisco Serrão died 1521