Who headed the voyage to Timor and the Moluccas?
António de Abreu and Francisco Serrão
Duarte Fernandes
Rafael Perestrello
Afonso de Albuquerque
Answer
António de Abreu and Francisco Serrão were Portuguese explorers who led a voyage to Timor and the Moluccas in 1511. The voyage was part of the Portuguese exploration of the East Indies and was intended to find a new route to India. Abreu and Serrão landed in Timor in 1512 and then sailed on to the Moluccas, where they established a Portuguese presence.
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