Paulo Dias de Novais

Paulo Dias de Novais
1st Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola
In office
1575–1589
Monarch Sebastian of Portugal
Henry of Portugal
Philip I of Portugal
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Luís Serrão
Personal details
Born c. 1510
Kingdom of Portugal
Died 9 May 1589
Massangano, Portuguese Angola
Nationality Portuguese
Military service
Allegiance Portuguese Empire

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

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

References

  1. Luanda was born on Cape Island (Portuguese)


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