J. C.-R. ; Jeronimo / Jérôme / Jerome / Jeronymo / J. C.-R. ;
D. Luísa da Silva
1533 (not 1530 as sometimes claimed) in the Azores
1588 (buried on Nov.16, 1588, not 1590)
Évora, Portugal
sailor and captain Gaspar Corte-Real, a Portugese nobleman, who in 1500/01 sailed to Labrador & Arctic seas
brothers Miguel and Vasco
in his youth Jerónimo fought in Africa & Asia according to the custom of noblemen in that age
Portugal
text & plates in: O Segundo cerco de Diu (Second Siege of Diu), an epic in 21 cantos & 21 color plates, dealing with the historic siege of that Indian island-fortress of the Portuguese, mss 1546 (1st print 1574, 2nd edition 1783, Spanish translation 1597) ; Naufrágio de Sepulveda (Shipwreck of Sepulveda), posthumously (1624) ;
Portugese King Sebastian & his court ;
topographical, geographical, ethnological, and technical painting ;
http://purl.pt/index/livro/aut/PT/44071.html w. 3 digitized illustrated books by him ;
further literature & links at http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jer%C3%B3nimo_Corte-Real ;
Henry Harrisse: Les Corte-Ral et leurs voyages au Nouveau Monde; Facsimile reprint of Sucesso do Segundo cerco de Diu (1546, reprint Lisbon 1991) ; Rackzynski: Les Arts en Portugal, in: Dictionnaire Historico-Artistique, 1846/47 ; Lista de alguns artistas portuguezes colligada pelo auctor (1829-39) ;
Corte-Real was painter as well as soldier and poet, also active as explorer in Africa, Asia and Newfoundland.
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