João Infante
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates João Infante (Template:Fl.) 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 Saint 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
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