Francisco Álvares

Francisco Álvares (c. 1465–1536/1541) was a Portuguese priest and explorer. In 1515 he joined the Portuguese embassy to Emperor Lebna Dengel of Ethiopia; the mission reached the Ethiopian highlands only in 1520.

There Álvares met the long-settled Pêro da Covilhã, stayed six years and returned to Lisbon in 1526–1527. His report, A True Relation of the Lands of Prester John of the Indies, described his years in the Christian kingdom for European readers.