Diogo Cão

E150737

Portuguese navigator explorer historical figure person

Diogo Cão was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer known for pioneering voyages along the west coast of Africa during the Age of Discovery.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Diogo Cão canonical	2
Diogo Cao	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese navigator ⓘ explorer ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ
activePeriod	15th century ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury	15th century ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury	15th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Congo Kingdom contact with Portugal ⓘ
commemoratedBy	monuments in Angola ⓘ monuments in Portugal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
employer	Portuguese Crown ⓘ
era	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery
exploredRegion	Congo River mouth ⓘ surface form: Congo River estuary coast of present-day Angola ⓘ west coast of Africa ⓘ
fieldOfWork	oceanic exploration ⓘ
historicalContext	Portuguese maritime expansion along the African coast ⓘ
influenced	later Portuguese exploration of Africa ⓘ
knownFor	exploration of the west coast of Africa ⓘ voyages during the Age of Discovery ⓘ
languageOfName	Portuguese ⓘ
legacy	helped extend European geographic knowledge of Africa’s Atlantic coast ⓘ
monarchServed	John II of Portugal ⓘ
nameVariant	Diogo Cam ⓘ Diogo Cão self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Diogo Cao
nationality	Portuguese ⓘ
nobleStatus	lesser nobility of Portugal ⓘ
notableVoyage	first voyage to the mouth of the Congo River ⓘ second voyage along the west coast of Africa ⓘ
occupation	explorer ⓘ navigator ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese exploration of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
placedPadrão	Cape Cross ⓘ Cape Santa Maria ⓘ mouth of the Congo River ⓘ
sailingFor	Portuguese Empire ⓘ
seaRouteOpened	route from Portugal to the Congo River ⓘ
title	Portuguese royal navigator ⓘ cavaleiro (knight) ⓘ
usedNavigationMethod	celestial navigation ⓘ dead reckoning ⓘ
usedTechnology	caravel ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John II of Portugal → supportedExplorer → Diogo Cão ⓘ

Padrão dos Descobrimentos → featuresFigure → Diogo Cão ⓘ

Diogo Cão → nameVariant → Diogo Cão self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diogo Cao