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Diogo Gomes

c. 1420–c. 1500 · 15th century

Diogo Gomes was a Portuguese navigator and explorer in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator. Around 1456 he sailed far up the Gambia River to the market of Cantor, in the kingdom of Kantora, where he learned of the gold trade of the interior. He later claimed a part in the discovery of the Cape Verde Islands, and his account of his voyages survives.

Diogo Gomes
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