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...
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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...
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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...
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playwright Cao Yupeng (born 1990), Chinese snooker player Carlos Alberto Caó (1941–2018), Brazilian activist, lawyer, and politician Diogo Cão, a 15th-century...
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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...
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1980), Brazilian swimmer Diogo Álvares Correia (aka Caramuru) (1475-1557), Portuguese settler in the colony of Brazil Diogo Cão (1452–1486), Portuguese...
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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...
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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...
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USS Formoe (redirect from NRP Diogo Cão (F333))
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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gave the Europeans incentives to find a sea route. Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão explored the African coast south to present-day Namibia, and Bartolomeu...
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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...
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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...
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German-speaking). The first European to land in Namibia was Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão. Portuguese mariner and explorer Bartolomeu Dias reached Namibia in 1487...
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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...
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bacteriologist (1966; 1999) Luís de Camões, poet (1898; 1911; 1924; 1972; 1980) Diogo Cão, explorer (1945; 1986; 1991) Bento de Jesus Caraça, mathematician (2001)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Caramuru (redirect from Diogo Álvares Correia)
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...
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December 10 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician (d. 1531) Date unknown Diogo Cão, Portuguese explorer (d. 1486) Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Mattheus were forced to wait until the arrival of Soares' replacement, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, who successfully sent the embassy on, with Dom Rodrigo...
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