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Paulo Dias de Novais

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Preceded by
  
Office created

Allegiance
  
Portuguese Empire

Name
  
Paulo de

Nationality
  
Portuguese


Paulo Dias de Novais Luanda Avenida de Paulo Dias de Novais Marginal

Monarch
  
Sebastian of PortugalHenry of PortugalPhilip I of Portugal

Died
  
May 9, 1589, Portuguese Angola

Succeeded by
  
Luis Serrao Pimentel

Paulo Dias de Novais (c. 1510 – 1589), a fidalgo of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese colonizer of Africa in the 16th century and the first Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias.

Paulo Dias de Novais Flickriver Photos from Muxima Bengo Province Angola

Novais arrived in what is now Angola on 11 February 1575. Attracted by the prospect of the famous silver mines of Cambambe, he founded the settlement of São Paulo de Luanda, near the island of Luanda.

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Paulo Dias de Novais HISTORIA DA RESIDNCIA DOS PADRES A bem da Nao

Paulo Dias de Novais Aerograma Escrevendo a Histria

References

Paulo Dias de Novais Wikipedia
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