In his 2007 book Beyond Capricorn, science journalist Peter Trickett revealed other information relating to Mendonça's life, including a fragment of stone engraved with Mendonça's name found in South Africa[REF] and clearly dated to 1524, and a drawing that may show the 1519 fleet on its way to Goa [REF].
Luis Felipe Thomaz, Professor of Oriental Studies at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, contributed a study of the expedition of Cristóvão de Mendonça to the conference, "Portugueses na Austrália", held at the Museu da Ciência, Coimbra, Portugal in May 2008 [REF].