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Paulo Dias de Novais

first Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola

b. 1510 CE – d. 1589 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Paulo Dias de Novais (c. 1510 – 1589), a fidalgo of the Royal Household, is a Portuguese colonizer of Africa in the sixteenth century and the first Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola.

He is the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias.

Moran, J. (2017). Paulo Dias de Novais. History Atlas. Retrieved 20 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/paulo-dias-de-novais/

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