Q: What did Diogo Cão discover?

A: Cão explored the Congo River and coastal regions of modern-day Angola and Namibia, documenting geography previously unknown to Europeans.

Q: When did Diogo Cão live?

A: He was born in 1452 and died in 1486, during the Age of Discovery.

Q: Why is Diogo Cão significant in Portuguese history?

A: His expeditions advanced Portugal’s maritime empire and established early claims in Africa, influencing later colonial policies.

Diogo Cão

Portuguese explorer

Person human Q313060

Diogo Cão — Portuguese National Mint · Public Domain · Wikimedia

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[7]
Date of birth: 1452
Date of death: 1486
Place of birth: Vila Real
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Portugal^[5]
Occupation: explorer
Languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese^[12]
Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference^[10]^[11]
Family name: Cão^[8]
Given name: Diogo^[9]
Name in native language: Daniel Cao^[13]
Native language: Castile and León^[6]
P14536: 367469^[14]

🏷️ Also known as

en Diogo Cão ar ديوغو كاو cs Diogo Cao de Diogo Cam de Diogo Cao de Cão de Diego Cao es Diego Cao es Diogo Cam es Diogo Cao fa دیگو کاو fi Diogo Cao fr Diego Cam fr Diego Caõ fr Diego Cão fr Diégo Caô fr Diogo Cao fr Jacques Cam he דיוגו קאו he דייגו קאו

🔖 Identifiers · 23

ISNI: 0000000448878648
VIAF cluster ID: 67259510
Library of Congress authority ID: n91029019
GND ID: 118668242
DDB person (GND) ID: 118668242
Edition humboldt digital ID: H0012883
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Diogo-Cao
FAST ID: 1811333
Freebase ID: /m/028m8
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: diogo-cao
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0014563
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Diogo_Cão

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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2039951
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 10697
IdRef ID: 15779122X
JRC Names ID: 574080
Krugosvet article (archived): istoriya/kan-diego
Lex ID: Diogo_Cão
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3883081
Prabook ID: 729482
S2A3 Biographical Database ID: 3285
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: diogo-cao
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJc84bYfKx46XDgbBbYMfq

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Country of citizenship 1

Kingdom of Portugal

Described by source 1

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Portuguese

Native language 1

Castile and León

Occupation 1

explorer

Place of birth 1

Vila Real

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Diogo Cão was born in 1452^[1] in Vila Real^[2]. He died in 1486^[3]. He worked as an explorer^[4].

FAQs

Where was Diogo Cão born?

Diogo Cão was born in Vila Real^[2].

What did Diogo Cão do for work?

Diogo Cão worked as an explorer^[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Diogo Cão — place of birth (P19): Vila Real. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Diogo Cão — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Diogo Cão — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of Portugal. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Diogo Cão — native language (P103): Castile and León. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Diogo Cão — occupation (P106): explorer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Diogo Cão — date of birth (P569): 1452. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Diogo Cão — date of death (P570): 1486. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Diogo Cão — family name (P734): Cão. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Diogo Cão — given name (P735): Diogo. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Diogo Cão — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Diogo Cão — described by source (P1343): Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Diogo Cão — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Portuguese. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Diogo Cão — name in native language (P1559): Daniel Cao. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Diogo Cão — P14536 (P14536): 367469. wikidata.org.

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