Paulo Dias de Novais

Encyclopedia : P : PA : PAU : Paulo Dias de Novais

Paulo Dias de Novais was a Portuguese colonizer of Africa in the 16th century. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias.

Novais arrived in what is now Angola on February 20 1575. Attracted by the prospect of the famous silver mines of Cambambe, he established a settlement at São Paulo, near the island of Luanda.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.