Álvaro Martins
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Álvaro Martins, also known as Álvaro Martins Homem, was a 15th century Portuguese explorer of the western Atlantic and later the African coast. He is known to have accompanied João Vaz Corte-Real in the joint Portuguese-Danish expedition to Greenland and Newfoundland in 1472. He also accompanied Bartolomeu Dias on his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488. Martins was the founder of the present day city of Angra do Heroísmo, Azores.
