Fagundes, Joao Alvares
Joao Alvares Fagundes, explorer (fl 1521). In 1520 he explored the coast south and west of Cape Race, Nfld, and perhaps entered the St Lawrence River. He may have sighted Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Cape Breton Island and Sable Island. Fagundes may have established a Portuguese colony, but no trace of this has been found.