There, in October or November, 1485, near the falls of Ielala, he left an inscription engraved on the stone which testifies of its passage and that of his men: " Aqui chegaram os navios do esclarecido rei D. João II de Portugal-Diogo Cão, Pero Anes, Pero da Costa.

According to one authority ( a legend on the 1489 map of Henricus Martellus Germanus ), Cão died off Cape Cross ; but João de Barros and others wrote of his return to the Congo, and subsequent taking of a native envoy to Portugal.

The four pillars set up by Cão on his two voyages have all been discovered in situ, and the inscriptions on two of them from Cape Santa Maria and Cape Cross, dated 1482 and 1485 respectively, are still to be read and have been printed ; the Cape Cross padrão is now at Kiel ( replaced on the spot by a granite facsimile ); those from the Congo estuary and the more southerly Monte Negro are in the Museum of the Lisbon Geographical Society.

In 1482 – 1483, Captain Diogo Cão, sailing southwards on uncharted Congo River, discovered the mouth of the river, and became the first European to encounter the Kingdom of Kongo.

The first European to set foot on Namibian soil was the Portuguese Diogo Cão in 1485, who stopped briefly on the Skeleton Coast, and raised a limestone cross there, on his exploratory mission along the west coast of Africa.

After phylloxera devastated the Madeira's vineyards the grape became more common on the mainland, where it is known as Esgana or Esgana Cão.

Pico Cão Grande, landmark volcanic plug peak on São Tomé Island ( São Tomé and Príncipe ), rising over 300 m above the surroundings.

He is then recorded sailing with Diogo Cão on his first voyage in 1482, and as the pilot of the famous Bérrio caravel on Vasco da Gama ’ s first expedition in 1497 to sail directly from Europe to India.

Cão then coasted down along the present Angola ( Portuguese West Africa ), and erected a second pillar, probably marking the termination of this voyage, at Cape Santa Maria ( the Monte Negro of these first visitors ).

Behaim accompanied Diogo Cão during his second expedition ( 1485 – 86 ) along the coast of western Africa, reaching Cabo Negro and Cabo Ledo and returning by way of the Azores.

Diogo Cão (; in old Portuguese: Cam ) was a Portuguese explorer and one of the most notable navigators of the Age of Discovery, who made two voyages sailing along the west coast of Africa to Namibia in the 1480s.

Diogo Cão, discovered the Congo in 1482 and reached Cape Cross in 1486 ; Bartolomeu Dias doubled the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, thus proving that the Indian Ocean was accessible by sea.

The Padrão bearing the arms of Portugal erected by Cão at Cape St. Mary

In 1482, Portuguese caravels commanded by Diogo Cão arrived in the Congo.

However the oldest signed Portuguese sea chart is a Portolan made by Pedro Reinel in 1485 representing the Western Europe and parts of Africa, reflecting the explorations made by Diogo Cão.

Upstream is a series of caves known as the " rock of Diogo Cão ", after graffiti carved by the Portuguese explorer in 1485 marking the limit of his travels up the Congo River.

* 1484 – Discovery of the Congo River by Diogo Cão

However, the oldest signed Portuguese sea chart is a Portolan made by Pedro Reinel in 1485 representing the Western Europe and parts of Africa, reflecting the explorations made by Diogo Cão.

Along the central African coast are the various cross stone markers ( padrões ) erected by Diogo Cão and Bartholomew Dias in the 1480s.

In 1482, Kingdom of Portugal's caravels commanded by Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão arrived in the Kingdom of Congo.

Diogo Cão is the subject of Padrão, one of the most well-known poems in Fernando Pessoa's book Mensagem, the only one published during the author's lifetime.

The Pico Cão Grande ( Great Dog Peak ) is a landmark volcanic plug peak, located at in southern São Tomé.

In Portugal, the breed is called Cão de Água ( pronounced Kow-the-Ah-gwa ; literally " water dog ").

In its native land, the dog is also known as the Algarvian Water Dog (" Cão de Água Algarvio "), or Portuguese Fishing Dog ( Cão Pescador Português ).

Cão de Água de Pêlo Ondulado is the name given to the wavy-haired variety, and Cão de Água de Pêlo Encaracolado is the name for the curly-coated variety.

The Cão da Serra da Estrela ( Estrela Mountain Dog ) is a breed of livestock guardian dog that takes its name from this region.

He is a descendant of the illegitimate daughter of António José Girão Teixeira Lobo Barbosa ( Porto, Sé, 9 January 1715 – Alijó, Vilar de Maçada ), Fidalgo of the Royal Household and Knight of the Order of Christ, thrice distant relative of Diogo Cão.

The area is known for its caves that attract many tourists and is home of the Portuguese indigenous dog breed, the Cão da Serra de Aires.

* Luciano Cordeiro, Diogo Cão in Boletim da Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, 1892 ;

* E ; G. Ravenstein, Voyages of Diogo Cão, & c., in Geog.

* Porto / Douro-Red castas Touriga Nacional, Tinta Amarela, Aragonez, Bastardo, Castelão, Cornifesto, Donzelinho Tinto, Malvasia Preta, Marufo, Rufete, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Francisca, Tinto Cão, Touriga Franca ; white castas Arinto, Cercial, Donzelinho Branco, Folgazão, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Moscatel Galego Branco, Rabigato, Samarrinho, Semillon, Sercial, Roupeiro, Verdelho, Viosinho, Vital.

* 1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.

* July 6 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.

* Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo.

) In 1483, Diogo Cão reached and explored the Congo River.

* 1482 — Diogo Cão reached the estuary of the Zaire ( Congo ) and placed a landmark there.

Diogo Cão, or Can, discovered the Congo in 1482 and reached Cape Cross in 1486.

In 1483 Diogo Cão sailed up the uncharted Congo River, finding Kongo villages and becoming the first European to encounter the Kongo kingdom.

Diogo Cão, fidalgo, arriving at the Congo River | Congo.

* 1484 – Diogo Cão discovers the Congo river.

1452, the illegitimate son of Álvaro Fernandes or Gonçalves Cão, fidalgo of the Royal Household, himself the illegitimate son of Gonçalo Cão.

He married and had four children: Pedro Cão, Manuel Cão, André Afonso Cão, and Isabel Cão.

The awesome natural wonder-Pico Cão Grande.