João Infante

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João Infante or Lopo Infante was a Portuguese explorer who toured the coast of the African continent in the 15th century . In the years 1487–1488 he took part in the adventure of Bartolomeu Dias as captain of a ship called São Pantaleão (after Saint Pantaleon ) and sailed around the Cape of Good Hope with Dias during this expedition .

In Damião de Gois (1502-1574) says the Chronica d'el Rei D. Manuel ( chronicles of King Manuel ) about him:

“O piloto desta armada se chama Pero de Alenquer, homem mui esperto nas cousas do mar, e por cuja indústria Lopo Infante e Bartolomeu Dias chegaram ao rio Infante. / eng. The pilot of this fleet is called Pêro de Alenquer , a very clever man in sea matters, and through whose knowledge Lopo Infante and Bartolomeu Dias reached the river Infante. "

His father, Nuno Tristão, was already a seafarer under Prince Henry of Portugal . It is said that he was briefly banned from Portugal twice because of his violent temper. He was married and had a son named Nuno Infante.

Some places in South Africa are named after him or were named by him:

The Rio do Infante ( River Infante ), now the Great Fish River , Eastern Cape
Cape Infanta ( Kap Infante ), Western Cape
Infanta , Western Cape: a small settlement.

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ That is, Manuel I (1469–1521), King of Portugal.
  2. ↑ Frazão de Vasconcellos: Os pilotos dos séculos XV e XVI ea nobreza do Reino. Revista História, 1932, p. 6 . - Cf. the Chronica d'el-rei D. Manuel . Gabriel Pereira (ed.) Lisboa Escriptorio ( Bibliotheca de classicos portuguezes , ed. Mello d'Azevedo).
  3. ↑ cf. Raper, Peter Edmund: Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Johannesburg: Human Science Research Council. 1987 digitized
  4. ↑ The end point of Bartolomeu Dias's journey.

literature

  • Armando Cortesão: The Mystery of Vasco Da Gama. Agrupamento de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga, Secção Anexa à Universidade de Coimbra, 1973 ( partial online view )
  • Armando Cortesão: O Mistério de Vasco da Gama. Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 1973 ( partial online view )
  • Manuel Múrias : Brief History of Portuguese Colonization. Lisboa 1940

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personal data
SURNAME Infante, João
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lopo Infante
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese sailor and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century