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Diogo Cao, the Portuguese explorer, sails around the Congo river

Historical Context Note

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Domains

  • Exploration

Dates

  • Date of occurrence 1483

Places

  • Congo Democratic Republic (former Zaire) (Location)
  • Republic of the Congo (Location)
  • Portugal (Involved)

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9793 Diogo Cao, the Portuguese explorer, sails around the Congo river 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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