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António de Noli

1419 - 1497

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Antonio de Noli (born 1415 or possibly 1419) was a 15th-century Genoese nobleman and navigator, and the first governor of the earliest European overseas colony in Subsaharan Africa. He discovered some of the Cape Verde islands on behalf of Henry the Navigator and was made the first Governor of Cape Verde by King Afonso V. In most history or geographic books, including ancient chronicles, or encyclopedias, he is referred as Antonio de Noli. In Italy, he is known also as Antonio da Noli or sometimes as Antoniotto Usodimare. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. António de Noli is the 903rd most popular nobleman (down from 800th in 2019). (down from 2,146th in 2019)

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Among noblemen, António de Noli ranks 903 out of 1,415Before him are Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, John III, Duke of Brittany, and Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz. After him are Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine, Magdalena of Saxony, Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois, Anna of Hesse, Susanna of Bavaria, and George I, Duke of Pomerania.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1419, António de Noli ranks 3Before him are Emperor Go-Hanazono, and Abd al-Haqq II. After him are Erik Axelsson Tott, John I, Duke of Cleves, Juan Pacheco, and Mechthild of the Palatinate. Among people deceased in 1497, António de Noli ranks 11Before him are John, Prince of Asturias, Philip II, Duke of Savoy, Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, Ishak Pasha, Anna Sforza, and Benedetto da Maiano. After him are Filippo Buonaccorsi, Lê Thánh Tông, and Johann von Tiefen.

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