Pero de Barcelos, sometimes referred to as Pedro de Barcelos was a Portuguese navigator who explored the coasts of North America in the XV / XVI. Along with João Fernandes Labrador , it was the first to sight the coast of Labrador in North America in 1492 [CS: act...

Pero de Barcelos, sometimes referred to as Pedro de Barcelos was a Portuguese navigator who explored the coasts of North America in the XV / XVI. Along with João Fernandes Labrador , it was the first to sight the coast of Labrador in North America in 1492 [CS: actually, 1498]. (Source: Chronology of the Portuguese monarchy, Publisher Circle of Readers).