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to become aware of the archipelago were Portuguese explorers. Although the Portuguese navigator Pedro de Mascarenhas (1470 - 23 June 1555) is credited with having encountered the islands during his voyage of 1512-13, there is little corroborative evidence; cartographic analysis points to 1532 or later. Portuguese seafarers named the group , Chagas referring to the Holy Wounds

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