Tristão Vaz Teixeira - Lisboa, Portugal
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N 38° 41.766 W 009° 12.360
29S E 482086 N 4283073
Tristão Vaz Teixeira (c. 1395–1480) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who, together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Bartolomeu Perestrelo, discovered the Madeira Islands.
Waymark Code: WMDXT2
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 03/08/2012
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Tristão Vaz Teixeira Coat o arms is the coat of Arms of the Teixeira family, name that Tristão Vaz adopted from his wife as stated in the description bellow. The coat of arms is composed by a golden cross in a blue shield.
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.
Tristão Vaz Teixeira (c. 1395–1480) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who, together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Bartolomeu Perestrelo, discovered the Madeira Islands (1419–1420). His true name was just Tristão Vaz, the name Teixeira being later added because of his wife Branca Teixeira.
Nobleman of Prince Henry the Navigator's House, he was granted, as hereditary fief (Capitania), half the island of Madeira and, together with his fellow fleet commanders, started the colonization of the islands.
(From wikipedia)
Bearer of Coat of Arms: Not listed
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Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): Not listed
Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): Not listed
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