the early life of Diogo Cão. According to tradition, he was born in Vila Real, Portugal, around 1452. His grandfather, Gonçalo Cão, had fought for Portuguese...

the form of a pillar surmounted by a cross and the royal coat of arms. Diogo Cão was the first to place stone padrões on his voyage of discovery along...

ships to carry on the work of African exploration so greatly advanced by Diogo Cão. Dias was also charged with searching for Prester John, a legendary figure...

playwright Cao Yupeng (born 1990), Chinese snooker player Carlos Alberto Caó (1941–2018), Brazilian activist, lawyer, and politician Diogo Cão, a 15th-century...

Skeleton Coast, western Namibia. In 1484, Portuguese navigator and explorer Diogo Cão was ordered by King John II of Portugal to advance south into undiscovered...

1980), Brazilian swimmer Diogo Álvares Correia (aka Caramuru) (1475-1557), Portuguese settler in the colony of Brazil Diogo Cão (1452–1486), Portuguese...

Lobito and 130 km southwest of Benguela. In 1482, the Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reached Cabo de Santa Maria on his first journey to explore the African...

Forest Park Multi Sport Vila Real Sports Center Araucária Sports Center Diogo Cão Sports Center UTAD Sports Center Vila Real AMF Kartdrome Monte da Forca...

to 1957. She was then transferred to Portugal, where she served as NRP Diogo-Cão (F-333) until 1968. She was scrapped in 1970. Formoe was laid downby Federal...

century. The caravel was the preferred vessel of Portuguese explorers like Diogo Cão, Bartolomeu Dias, Gaspar, and Miguel Corte-Real, and was also used by...

showing Estêvão da Gama (far left) and António de Abreu (far right), Bartolomeu Dias (centre left) and Diogo Cão (centre right) raise a padrão/marker...

Diogo de Azambuja or Diego de Azambuja (1432–1518) was a Portuguese noble and explorer. He was born at Montemor-o-Velho, and became a knight of the Order...

1482—Diogo Cão reached the estuary of the Zaire (Congo) and placed a landmark there. Explored 150 km upriver to the Yellala Falls. 1484—Diogo Cão reached...

trade post of São Jorge da Mina. 1484 – Discovery of the Congo River by Diogo Cão. 1488 – Discovery and passage of the Cape of Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias...

gave the Europeans incentives to find a sea route. Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão explored the African coast south to present-day Namibia, and Bartolomeu...

sponsorship of Henry the Navigator Congo River, Angola and Namibia 1482–1485 Diogo Cão South Africa. Connected the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. South Atlantic...

boys'), immediately set sail back to Portugal. (However, the account of Diogo Gomes differs here; he asserts the caravel never made it back—that the native...

port that served the Portuguese in 1482 for the discovery of Angola by Diogo Cão. M'Banza Congo (formerly São Salvador do Congo) is the provincial capital...

protection of the Guinea trade. Diogo Cão, or Can, discovered the Congo in 1482 and reached Cape Cross in 1486. In 1483, Diogo Cão sailed up the uncharted Congo...

German-speaking). The first European to land in Namibia was Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão. Portuguese mariner and explorer Bartolomeu Dias reached Namibia in 1487...

together with João de Santarém c. 1470. He is then recorded sailing with Diogo Cão on his first voyage in 1482, and as the pilot of the famous Bérrio caravel...

2020. Farinha, Rui (30 March 2007). "Da Escola Diogo Cão para o estrelato da Luz" [From the Diogo Cão School to the Luz stardom]. Jornal de Notícias (in...

to West Africa around 1485; however it is unlikely that he accompanied Diogo Cão on his second expedition as is sometimes claimed. It is more likely that...

bacteriologist (1966; 1999) Luís de Camões, poet (1898; 1911; 1924; 1972; 1980) Diogo Cão, explorer (1945; 1986; 1991) Bento de Jesus Caraça, mathematician (2001)...

Caramuru (c. 1475-1557) was the Tupi name of the Portuguese colonist Diogo Álvares Correia, who is notable for being the first European to establish contact...

December 10 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician (d. 1531) Date unknown Diogo Cão, Portuguese explorer (d. 1486) Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico...

the emperor of the Aztec Triple Alliance. 1482: Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão becomes the first European to enter the Congo. 1483: The Jews are expelled...

Mattheus were forced to wait until the arrival of Soares' replacement, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, who successfully sent the embassy on, with Dom Rodrigo...

1482 — Diogo Cão reached the estuary of the Zaire (Congo) and placed a landmark there. Explored 150 km upriver to the Yellala Falls. 1484 — Diogo Cão reached...

not part of another racial group.[citation needed] Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão was the first European to discover the Kingdom of Kongo region. The white...