Álvares Fagundes & the First European Settlers in Nova Scotia - Halifax, NS
Posted by: neoc1
N 44° 39.106 W 063° 34.400
20T E 454539 N 4944427
A plaza along the Halifax harborwalk honors both the explorer João Álvares Fagundes and the first European settlers in Nova Scotia.
Waymark Code: WMWGNY
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/03/2017
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João Álvares Fagundes was a Portuguese explorer and ship owner from Viana do Castelo in Northern Portugal, who organized several expeditions to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia around 1520-1521. In 1520 he founded a Portuguese settlement believed to have been somewhere in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
The plaza contains a circular tile mosaic with an eight pointed star in the center which is encircled by the inscription:
PORTUGUESE EXPLORER
1520
ALVARES FAGUNDES
Erected in the center of the circle is a 4' high stone monument with four Maltese crosses around a a central bronze plaque in the form of a shield which is inscribed:
FIRST
EUROPEAN SETTLERS
IN NOVA SCOTIA
PORTUGUESE NAMES
CANADA
LABRADOR
MONTREAL
BAY OF FUNDY
The front of the A smaller plaque at the bottom of the monument is inscribed:
ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
1890
REV. GEORGE PATTERSON D.D.
The reverse of the monument has 5 keys and a small plaque at the bottom inscribed:
LUIS BOLARINHO
- 2000 AD -