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Dinís Dias: Quick Facts

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Facts

Flourished c.1401 - c.1500
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Lady Hester Stanhope
British noble
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Heinrich Harrer
explorer and writer
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John McDouall Stuart
Australian explorer
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
Medieval illuminated portrait of Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal, wearing a black hat and red robe, framed by an ornate floral border.
Henry the Navigator
prince of Portugal
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
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Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese explorer
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Pêro da Covilhã
Portuguese explorer
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Lourenço de Almeida
Portuguese explorer
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João Fernandes
Portuguese explorer
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Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Portuguese explorer
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Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto
Portuguese explorer
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Diogo Gomes
Portuguese explorer
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Diogo Cão
Portuguese navigator
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Francisco Barreto
Portuguese soldier
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António Fernandes
Portuguese explorer and historian
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Álvaro Fernandes
Portuguese explorer
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Martin E. Johnson
American adventurer and photographer
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Nathaniel P. Langford
American explorer and conservationist

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