António de Andrade

For the Portuguese opera singer, see António D'Andrade.
António de Andrade
Born1580
Oleiros, Kingdom of Portugal
Died19 March 1634(1634-03-19) (aged 53–54)
Goa, Portuguese India
OccupationsJesuit priest, explorer
Known forFirst European to cross the Himalayas and reach Tibet.

António de Andrade (Tibetan: ཨང་ཋོ་ནཱི་་དྷུ་་ཨང་དྷུ་ཝ་དྷུ།; 1580 – March 19, 1634), also known as António d'Andrade or Andrada, was a Jesuit priest and explorer from Portugal. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1596. From 1600 until his death in 1634, he was engaged in missionary activity in India. Andrade was the first known European to have crossed the Himalayas and reached Tibet, establishing the first Catholic mission on Tibetan soil.

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