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Paulo Dias de Novais

c. 1510–1589 · 16th century

Paulo Dias de Novais was a Portuguese nobleman and grandson of Bartolomeu Dias who founded the colony of Portuguese Angola. Arriving in 1575 with a royal charter to conquer the Kingdom of Ndongo, he founded Luanda in 1576 and began the long wars with Ndongo that fed the Atlantic slave trade.

Paulo Dias de Novais
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Kingdom of NdongoFoundation, Summary

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Kingdom of NdongoPortuguese Angola

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Paulo Dias de Novais. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/paulo-dias-de-novais
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