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Gil Eanes

Lagos 1395 - after 1435
Portuguese navigator and explorer; first person to sail beyond Cape Bojador (1434)
(Wikipedia)
Canto da Maya
1969

Lagos /  Gil Eanes   Lagos /  Gil Eanes

Description

Bronze statue, with on the base GIL EANES

Inscription(s)

GIL EANNES
navegador
lacobrigense
sec-xv
inaugurado
em
10 de maio
1969

GIL EANNES
Navigator
from Lagos
15th Century
Inaugurated
on
10 May
1969

Sculptor

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Locatie (N 37°5'58" - W 8°40'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptag004; Photograph: 6 September 2017
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