João Infante

João Infante (fl. 15th century) was a Portuguese explorer of the African coast. He accompanied Bartolomeu Dias in his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488 by leading a second caravel, the São Pantaleão (named after St. Pantaleon).

Some places in South Africa are or were named after him:^[1]

• The Rio do Infante, now the Great Fish River, Eastern Cape
• Cape Infanta, Western Cape
• Infanta, Western Cape: a small settlement

References

1. Raper, Peter Edmund (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Johannesburg: Human Science Research Council. (public domain)