Tristão Vaz Teixeira

Tristão Vaz Teixeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɾiʃˈtɐ̃w̃ ˈvaʃ tɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ]; c. 1395–1480) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who, together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Bartolomeu Perestrelo, was the official discoverer and one of the first settlers of the archipelago of Madeira (1419–1420).