Historedia
Person

Pedro Mascarenhas

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1512

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Pedro Mascarenhas, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Mascarenhas' Discovery of Mauritius

    1512

    Role: Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator

    1. 1512 · Diego GarciaDiscovery of Diego Garcia

      Pedro Mascarenhas becomes the first European to discover Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

    2. 1512 · MauritiusEncounter with Mauritius

      Mascarenhas encounters Mauritius in 1512, though earlier Portuguese expeditions may have visited the island.

Sources

  1. Pedro Mascarenhas Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-09