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Nunes, Pedro, Lat. Petrus Nonius, 1502-1578, Portuguese mathematician, geographer, and writer on navigation and geometry. He was the first (1534) to demonstrate an instrument for measuring angles and was the reputed inventor of the rhumb line. He became royal cosmographer in 1529. From 1544 to 1562 he was professor of mathematics at Coimbra. Two of his works are De crepusculis (1542) and De arte atque ratione navigandi (1546).
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Nunes is a Portuguese surname, originally a patronymic meaning Son of Nuno. It may refer to:
Persons
General
- Airas Nunes, Spanish cleric and troubador
- Benedito Nunes, Brazilian philosopher and writer
- Clara Nunes, Brazilian samba musician
- Claudio Nunes, Italian bridge player
- Devin Nunes, Unites States politician
- Emanuel Nunes Carvalho, United States rabbi and lexicographer
- Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer
- José da Costa Nunes, Portuguese Catholic Cardinal, former Bishop of Macau and Patriarch of the East Indies
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical composer
- Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Brazilian author of children's books
- Neil Nunes, British continuity announcer
- Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor
- Rachel Ann Nunes, United States author of children's books
- Sara Nunes, Finnish pop singer
- Vasco Nunes, Portuguese cinematographer, producer, and film director
Sports
- Adão Nunes Dornelles, Brazilian footballer
- Agnaldo Nunes, Brazilian boxer
- Alessandro Mori Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- Alessandro Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- André Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- Eduardo Martins Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- Emerson Pereira Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- Felipe Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- Hugo Nunes Coelho, Portuguese footballer
- João Batista Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- Jorge Amado Nunes, Paraguayan footballer
- José Carlos Araújo Nunes, Portuguese footballer
- Karl Nunes, West Indian cricketer
- Paulo Jorge Carreira Nunes, Portuguese footballer
- Paulo Nunes, Brazilian footballer
- Tomané Nunes, Portuguese footballer
- Vinícius Alberto Nunes, Brazilian footballer
Other
- Instituto Pedro Nunes, non-profit private organization for innovation and technology transfer based in Coimbra, Portugal
See also
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