Duarte Fernandes

Duarte Fernandes (16th century) was a Portuguese diplomat, explorer, and was the first European to establish diplomatic relations with Thailand, when in 1511 he led a diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya Kingdom (Kingdom of Siam), after the Portuguese conquest of Malacca. His daughter, Maria Nunes, was also the maternal grandmother of philosopher Baruch Spinoza.^[1]

^ Jonathan I. Israel, "Spinoza, Life and Legacy", pp. 113, Oxford University Press, 2023, ISBN 978-0-19-885748-8

[1] Jonathan I. Israel, "Spinoza, Life and Legacy", pp. 113, Oxford University Press, 2023, ISBN 978-0-19-885748-8

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