Diogo Cão
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The pillar bearing the arms of Portugal erected by Cão at Cape St. Mary
Diogo Cão was a Portuguese explorer who made two voyages along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s.
On his first voyage (1482–1483), he discovered the Congo River, and contacted the Bakongo kingdom further upstream. He followed the African coast southward until Cape St. Mary in Angola.
On his second voyage (1485–1486), he reached even further south, to Cape Cross in Namibia. He also sailed a short way up the Congo. It is not known whether he returned from this voyage.
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Categories: Portuguese explorers | Explorers of Africa