António de Faria

António de Faria was a 16th-century Portuguese explorer and privateer.[1][2] He was the first European to encounter the Mekong River of Southeast Asia in 1540.[3] He anchored in Da Nang in 1535[4] and later tried to establish a major trading centre at the port village of Fai-Fo.[5]

António de Faria
Born
Figueira da Foz
Died(1548-06-10)10 June 1548
NationalityPortuguese
OccupationExplorer, privateer

References
  1. "António Faria - Infopédia". Infopédia - Dicionários Porto Editora (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. Sá, Isabel dos Guimarães (2019). António de Faria, one of the first Portuguese travellers to Japan. Universidade do Minho. Centro de Estudos Lusíadas (CEL). ISBN 9789897554513. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. "The history of Mekong delta". Vietnam Insolite voyage (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. Division, American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Areas Studies (1964). Area Handbook for Vietnam. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 15. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. Spencer Tucker, "Vietnam", University Press of Kentucky, 1999, ISBN 0-8131-0966-3, p. 22


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