Gaspar Corte-Real (c. 1450 -c. 1518) was the youngest son of Joao Vaz Corte-Real, born in 1450 in Tavira, the Algarve. He is credited with founding the Portuguese colony of Bacalao in the of Greenland. With the other's turning back north, Joao did likewise and buying some furs from the settlers, he headed home. He has well rewarded by Princess Beatrice, who impressed by what Joao had brought back, and his tales of new lands, appointed him as captain of Angra on Terceira island in the Azores.