Gil Eanes (or Eannes, in the old Portuguese spelling; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒil iˈɐnɨʃ]) was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer. Gil...
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Gil Eannes is a former Portuguese hospital ship, now permanently moored in the Port of Viana do Castelo, serving as museum ship and youth hostel. The official...
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on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2016. "Fundaçāo Gil Eannes". Fundaçāo Gil Eannes. Retrieved 19 September 2016. "Icebreaker "Angara"". irkutzk...
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with excellent seafaring capabilities. Lagos was also the home port for Gil Eanes who was the first to sail beyond Cape Bojador in 1434, after a failed...
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an expedition to southeast Africa in search of legendary gold mines.) Gil Eannes (navigator) Jill Adams (British actress, hotel owner) João Arménio Correia...
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Pereira d'Eça and the tanker São Gabriel, together with the hospital-ship Gil Eannes and the troop transport ships Niassa and Uige – executed the last of these...
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Monteiro Duarte - Dulce Almada Duarte - Dyulas; Diulas; Julas - Consalo Eannes - Gil Eannes - Economy of Guinea-Bissau - Education in Guinea-Bissau - Elections...
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Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland (44°23′N 50°09′W / 44.383°N 50.150°W / 44.383; -50.150). Her crew were rescued by Gil Eannes ( Portuguese Navy)....
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Africa in the service of Prince Henry. He was personally known to Gomes Eannes de Azurara, the historian of this early period of Portuguese expansion;...
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Chronica do Descobrimento e Conquista da Guiné.... pelo Chronista Gomes Eannes de Azurara e.g. Beazley, "Introduction", p.lxxxvi, in C.R. Beazley and E...
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to be found in the same employment the connection between...". In Gomes Eannes de Azurara, "The chronicle of the discovery and conquest of Guinea". The...
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