Paulo Dias de Novais

Paulo Dias de Novais (ca 1510 – 1589), a nobleman of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese colonizer of Africa in the 16th century and the first Captain-Governor of Angola. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias.

Novais arrived in what is now Angola on February 11, 1575.^[1] Attracted by the prospect of the famous silver mines of Cambambe, he established a settlement at Sao Paulo de Luanda, near the island of Luanda.

References

1. ^ Luanda was born on Cape Island (portuguese)

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Name	Novais, Paulo Dias de
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Date of birth	1510
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Date of death	1589
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