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Discovery of Zambezi River

Name: Discovery of Zambezi River – Portugal factsheet records
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Portugal · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1488Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1488

Pedro de Covilhao1488

River Zambezi · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Explores East Africa as far as the Zambezi River

Afonso de Paiva1488

River Zambezi · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Explores East Africa as far as the Zambezi River

Names involved

Afonso de PaivaPedro de Covilhao

Provenance

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