Diogo Cão reaches the Congo
1482 · Event
The Portuguese navigator reaches the mouth of the Congo river and raises a stone padrão; his voyages push the coast south to Namibia.
On these timelines: Age of Exploration, Sub-Saharan Africa, Master
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