António de Faria

António de Faria

António de Faria was a 16th-century Portuguese explorer and privateer. He was the first European to encounter the Mekong River of Southeast Asia in 1540. He anchored in Da Nang in 1535 and later tried to establish a major trading centre at the port village of Fai-Fo.

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Male
Birth Place
Portugal, Coimbra
Date of Death
June 2nd, 1548
Died Aged
-421
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