Gomes Eanes de Zurara

Gomes Eanes de Zurara
A depiction of Zurara on the pedestal of the Camões monument, by Victor Bastos, 1860-67 (Praça Luís de Camões, Lisbon)
Chief Chronicler of the Kingdom of Portugal
In office
6 June 1454 – c. 1474
MonarchAfonso V of Portugal
Preceded byFernão Lopes
Succeeded byVasco Fernandes de Lucena
High Guardian of the Royal Archives
In office
6 June 1454 – c. 1474
MonarchAfonso V of Portugal
Preceded byFernão Lopes
Succeeded byAfonso Eanes de Óbidos
Personal details
Bornc. 1410
Kingdom of Portugal
Diedc. 1474
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
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Gomes Eanes de Zurara (c. 1410 – c. 1474), sometimes spelled Eannes or Azurara, was a Portuguese chronicler of the European Age of Discovery, the most notable after Fernão Lopes.