Diogo Cão
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Diogo Cão, also known as Diogo Cam, was a Portuguese mariner and one of the most notable explorers of the fifteenth century. He made two voyages along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s, exploring
Diogo Cão, at the mouth of Zaire, after having put the padrão
The padrão bearing the arms of Portugal erected by Cão at Cape St. Mary
Diogo Cão's coat of arms
Stone of Yellala, with the inscriptions of Diogo Cão
Padrão
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A padrão is a stone pillar left by Portuguese maritime explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries to record significant landfalls and thereby establish primacy and possession. They were often placed on
Diogo Cão
…he sent out Cão, probably around midsummer 1482, to explore the African coast south of the equator. Diogo Cão filled his ship with stone pillars (padrões) surmounted by the cross of the Order of Christ and engraved with the Portuguese royal arms, planning to erect them at significant landmarks along his…
Replica of a padrão placed by Diogo Cão on Cape Cross, Namibia.
Limestone cross on the Vasco da Gama Pillar in Malindi displaying the coat of arms of Portugal