Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa
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Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa is a 16th-century nautical guide and travel account by Portuguese navigator João de Castro, detailing the maritime route, coastal observations, and navigational data between Lisbon and Goa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11177515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa Context triple: [João de Castro, notableWork, Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa]
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Sé de Lisboa
Sé de Lisboa is Lisbon’s historic Romanesque cathedral and one of the city’s most important religious and architectural monuments.
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B.
GOA
GOA is the IATA airport code for Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, the main international airport serving the city of Genoa in Italy.
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C.
GOA
GOA, short for Guerrilla Open Access, is an activist movement advocating for the free and unrestricted sharing of scholarly and cultural information, often in defiance of traditional copyright and paywall systems.
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D.
Urbanos de Lisboa
Urbanos de Lisboa is the suburban rail service network operated in the Lisbon metropolitan area, providing frequent commuter train connections for the Portuguese railway company Comboios de Portugal.
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E.
Comboios de Portugal
Comboios de Portugal is Portugal’s national state-owned railway company, responsible for operating most of the country’s passenger and freight train services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa Target entity description: Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa is a 16th-century nautical guide and travel account by Portuguese navigator João de Castro, detailing the maritime route, coastal observations, and navigational data between Lisbon and Goa.
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A.
Sé de Lisboa
Sé de Lisboa is Lisbon’s historic Romanesque cathedral and one of the city’s most important religious and architectural monuments.
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B.
GOA
GOA is the IATA airport code for Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, the main international airport serving the city of Genoa in Italy.
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C.
GOA
GOA, short for Guerrilla Open Access, is an activist movement advocating for the free and unrestricted sharing of scholarly and cultural information, often in defiance of traditional copyright and paywall systems.
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D.
Urbanos de Lisboa
Urbanos de Lisboa is the suburban rail service network operated in the Lisbon metropolitan area, providing frequent commuter train connections for the Portuguese railway company Comboios de Portugal.
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E.
Comboios de Portugal
Comboios de Portugal is Portugal’s national state-owned railway company, responsible for operating most of the country’s passenger and freight train services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century work
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nautical guide ⓘ travel account ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Estado da Índia
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Portuguese Empire ⓘ |
| author | João de Castro ⓘ |
| chronology | 16th century ⓘ |
| contains |
coastal observations
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descriptions of coastal landmarks ⓘ descriptions of ports ⓘ nautical instructions ⓘ navigational data ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Portuguese maritime tradition ⓘ |
| describesRoute | Lisbon–Goa sea route ⓘ |
| documents |
Atlantic Ocean crossing
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Indian Ocean crossing ⓘ sea route around the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ |
| field |
cartography
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hydrography ⓘ nautical science ⓘ |
| genre |
pilot book
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travel literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
Portuguese naval officer
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navigator ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | Route from Lisbon to Goa ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Age of Discovery
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linked to:
Age of Exploration
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| importance | primary source for history of Portuguese navigation to India ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript ⓘ |
| provides |
information on depths and soundings
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information on hazards to navigation ⓘ information on winds and currents ⓘ sailing directions ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Goa
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Lisbon ⓘ Portuguese India ⓘ |
| subject |
Indian Ocean navigation
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Portuguese maritime exploration ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
maritime navigation
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route planning ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa Description of subject: Roteiro de Lisboa a Goa is a 16th-century nautical guide and travel account by Portuguese navigator João de Castro, detailing the maritime route, coastal observations, and navigational data between Lisbon and Goa.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
João de Castro, 2nd Viceroy of India