Gil Eanes (or Eannes, in the old Portuguese spelling; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒil iˈɐnɨʃ]) was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer. Gil...
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Eanes is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with this surname include: António Ramalho Eanes (born 1936), Portuguese politician Gil Eanes (fl. c. 1450)...
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with excellent seafaring capabilities. Lagos was also the home port for Gil Eanes who was the first to sail beyond Cape Bojador in 1434, after a failed...
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occasionally it appears written with the modern spelling Gil Eanes. Between 1955 and 1973, Gil Eannes was the flagship of the Portuguese White Fleet that...
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holding an armillary sphere (center). To his left, Jácome de Maiorca and Pedro Escobar; to his right, Pero de Alenquer, Gil Eanes and João Gonçalves Zarco....
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exist somewhere to the east. In 1434, one of Prince Henry's captains, Gil Eanes, passed this obstacle. Once this psychological barrier had been crossed...
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Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator dispatched a mission in 1435, under Gil Eanes and Baldaia, to find the legendary River of Gold in western Africa. Going...
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Brazilian racing driver and team owner Gil Eanes, Portuguese explorer Gil Elvgren (1914-1980), American pin-up artist Gil Evans (1912-1988), Canadian jazz pianist...
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Liceu Velho (redirect from Liceu Gil Eanes)
: 82 The school was closed in 1937, and reopened the same year as Liceu Gil Eanes. After 1968, when this school moved to a new building, it housed the Escola...
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mariner Gil Eanes was considered a major breakthrough for European explorers and traders en route to Africa and later to India.[citation needed] Eanes had...
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