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Tristão Vaz Teixeira (c. 1395–1480) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who, together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Bartolomeu Perestrelo, was the official discoverer and one of the first settlers of the archipelago of Madeira (1419–1420).
Tristão Vaz Teixeira, "O das Damas" (Machico, cerca de 1426 - Funchal, 20 de dezembro de 1506) é um dos nomes nome pelo qual é conhecido o filho de Tristão Teixeira, navegador e primeiro donatário de Machico.
Tristão da Ilha, também conhecido como Tristão, e por vezes referido posteriormente como Tristão Teixeira, Tristão Vaz, e Tristão Vaz Teixeira, (c. 1395 — 1480), foi, segundo Zurara, escudeiro do Infante D. Henrique, a quem acompanhou a Ceuta e Tânger, onde se mostrou "homem assaz ardido", sendo aí armado cavaleiro.
Apr 14, 2021 · Tristao Vaz Teixeira was an early Portuguese explorer who helped discover multiple islands off the coast, including Madeira.
Tristão Vaz Teixeira. Portuguese military adventurer who sailed with João Gonçalves Zarco in the Atlantic Ocean, where off the northwest coast of Africa they discovered an unclaimed island with fresh water and fertile soil, which they named Porto Santo, meaning "holy haven."
May 21, 2021 · The first three such governors were knights of the Order of Christ and two were the very men who had arrived on Porto Santo two years before: Tristão Vaz Teixeira, who controlled the northern half of Madeira around Machico, and João Gonçalves Zarco, who had the area around Funchal, founded in 1421.
Together with his fellow fleet commanders, Tristão Vaz Teixeira and Bartolomeu Perestrelo, he initiated the colonization of the islands in 1425. As a knight of the House of Avis, he participated in the siege of Tangier, in 1437, which ended in failure. He died at Funchal, Madeira.
