Gomes Eanes de Zurara | |
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Chief Chronicler of the Kingdom of Portugal | |
In office 6 June 1454 – c. 1474 | |
Monarch | Afonso V of Portugal |
Preceded by | Fernão Lopes |
Succeeded by | Vasco Fernandes de Lucena |
High Guardian of the Royal Archives | |
In office 6 June 1454 – c. 1474 | |
Monarch | Afonso V of Portugal |
Preceded by | Fernão Lopes |
Succeeded by | Afonso Eanes de Óbidos |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1410 Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | c. 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.