João Infante
Portuguese explorer
João Infante (fl. 15th century) was a Portuguese explorer of the African coast. He accompanied Bartolomeu Dias in his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488 by leading a second caravel, the São Pantaleão (named after Saint Pantaleon).
Some places in South Africa are or were named after him:[1]
- The Rio do Infante, now the Great Fish River, Eastern Cape
- Cape Infanta, Western Cape
- Infanta, Western Cape: a small settlement
References
- ^ Raper, Peter Edmund (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Johannesburg: Human Science Research Council. (public domain)
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Portuguese explorers
- Alberto del Canto
- Aleixo Garcia
- Antonio Díaz de Cardoso
- Estêvão Gomes
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Gaspar Castaño de Sosa
- George Ura
- Ginés de Mafra
- Jean Alfonse
- Juan Díaz de Solís
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
- Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva
- Luís Vaz de Torres
- Manuel de Mederos
- Ñuño Fernández Lobo
- Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
- Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho
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