Gaspar de Lemos - Lisboa, Portugal - Coats of Arms on Waymarking.com

Gaspar de Lemos Coat of Arms is composed by five flowers (or crosses. In some images it looks like a stylished cross).
The coat of arms is placed in a magestic fountain in Belem (Fonte Luminosa)in front of Jerónimos Monastery together with 49 other coat of arms of important personalities from the time of Portuguese Discoveries. The fountain was designed by Cottinelli Telmo and built in 1940 for the Portuguese World Exhibition. There´s very little information about the fountain and the Coat of Arms and most available information refers to a total of 32 Coat of arms of Portuguese inland and Overseas provinces wich is wrong. These coat of arms can be seen in the gardens around the fountain designed with flowers and bushes.



Gaspar de Lemos (15th century), Portuguese explorer and captain of the supply ship of Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet that discovered Brazil.
As commander of supply ship Cabral choose him to return to Portugal, after a short stay in the lands of Vera Cruz, to bring King D. Manuel I news of the discovery.
He is credited as having discovered the Fernando de Noronha archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean during his return.
He returned to Brasil in the end of 1501 on an exploratory trip in the company, among others, of Amerigo Vespucci.

He is credited the following accomplishments:

-the discovery of the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha;
-the November 1, 1501, the discovery of the bay that he named the Baia de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints) in Bahia, the biggest bay in Brasil and the 2nd of the world (the size of Rio de Janeiro);
-the discovery in January 1, 1502 of Guanabara Bay, who mistook by a river and named it Rio de Janeiro;
-Angra dos Reis on January 6 of that year;
-the discovery of the island of St. Vincent in January 22, 1502.
(From Wikipedia)

Bearer of Coat of Arms: Noble (aristocratic) family Full name of the bearer: Gaspar de Lemos Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: Fonte Luminosa @ Praça do Império (Fountain ) Material / Design: Stone Blazon (heraldic description): See above Address: Praça do Império Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link] Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]

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