 In literature, his active support of Gil Vicente, Garcia de Resende, Sá de Miranda, Bernardim Ribeiro, Fernão Mendes Pinto, João de Barros and Luís de Camões was notable.In the sciences, John III supported the mathematician Pedro Nunes and the physician Garcia de Orta.Through his links to Portuguese humanists such as Luís Teixeira Lobo, Erasmus dedicated his "Chrysostomi Lucubrationes" to John III of Portugal in 1527.