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	The Algarve Network - Silves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Silves owes its existence to the navigability of the Arade River and to its strategic position atop a hill tat dominates a broad swathe of countryside.
		Silves was never to recover its past splendor and for almost three centuries it was a city inhabited by only a few remaining citizens.
		Silves played a role in the first phase of the discoveries, the daring voyages of exploration inspired and orchestrated by Prince Henry, the Navigator (1394-1460), who established the Algarve as a centre of maritime know-how.
	www.thealgarve.net /location/silves.htm (3113 words)

	Places of interest around Portugal, Silves
		It became an important city, a regional capital in one of the kingdoms of Taifa and a commercial and cultural center.
		After a weak and ultimately doomed attempt to return Silves to Christian control by Sancho I, in 1189, Silves was definitively retaken by Alfonso III, in 1242, who then granted it a royal charter in 1266.
		There was also the role played by Diogo de Silves who participated in the discovery of the Azores.
	www.sunrise-lmg.com /silves.php (449 words)

	Portugal
		Long led by its founder Diogo Freitas do Amaral, who nearly won the presidency in 1986, the CDS had seen a steady erosion of support in national elections during the 1980s.
		Diogo Cão sailed further down the African coast in the period 1482-84.
		In 1487 a new expedition led by Bartolomeu Dias sailed south beyond the tip of Africa and, after having lost sight of land for a month, turned north and made landfall on a northeast-running coastline, which was named Terra dos Vaqueiros after the native herders and cows that were seen on shore.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/portugal/all.html (18969 words)

	AlgarveRealty.com - Silves
		It is a tribute to the skills of the Moors who established Silves as the capital of their province of al-Gharb somewhere between the 11th and 13th centuries although it is considered that the castle was perhaps started by the Romans or even the Visigoths.
		In addition it was a bishop of Silves who funded a caravel to explore the African coast, a Continent with which many important and prosperous trading links were established thereby continuing to support the importance of the Town.
		Silves is a delightful and interesting Town with a comprehensive and active covered market situated on the riverfront near to the narrow Roman bridge.
	www.algarverealty.com /towns/silves/Silves.html (1139 words)

	Henry the Navigator
		Diogo Gomes made his first trading voyage in about 1457, heading up the Gambia river as far as the important market town of Cantor.
		The expeditions down the coast of Africa were interrupted by the Portuguese expedition to capture Alcácer-Sequer, a fortress lying between Ceuta and Tangiers, in the autumn of 1458.
		Diogo Gomes again sailed in 1459, joining two caravels off Cape Verde, one of which was commanded by the Genoese captain Antonio da Noli.
	www.thornr.demon.co.uk /kchrist/phenry.html (3608 words)

	Diego Moniz: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On 22 June 1482, a royal charter was issued to Diego Moniz, gentleman of the royal household, stating that on 1 January of the past year he was granted 20.000 reis which was due to Martin de Melo, a member of the king's council and father-in-law of the said Diego Moniz.
		On 1 June 1485, a royal charter was issued in favor of Diego Moniz of the king's council and military governor of Silves, granting him the rights of gatekeeper and captain of the said city.
		On 5 March 1488, a royal letter was issued, reducing the penalty of Diego Moniz, gentleman and military governor of the castle of Silves, condemned to two years of banishment to Africa because of an altercation with the royal bailiff of that city.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Moniz_Diego_424674681.htm (963 words)

	Algarve Villa Rental - Silves
		João do Rego, Knight of the Household of Prince Henry, and Gastão da Ilha, whose name is linked with the settling of the island of Madeira, are buried in the Old Cathedral.
		For thousands of years boats from the Atlantic and Mediterranean alike have sailed up and down the river and to follow their route down to the sea is to take a trip through time.
		The journey begins in Silves, and then rounds the old peninsula on which once stood the factory and fortress of Cerro da Rocha Branca.
	www.algarvehousing.net /html/li/places/silves3.html (493 words)

	Traveling Today — A Quick History of the Azores
		A Portuguese sailor, Diogo de Silves, claimed the Azores for Portugal in 1427.
		In 1452, Captain Diogo de Teive sighted the final two islands of Corvo and Flores.
		The settlement of the islands was broken into captaincies, with each captain responsible for bringing settlers and building infrastructure.
	travelingtoday.com /resources/articles/azoreshistory.htm (450 words)

	CABRAL O VIAJANTE DO REI
		1427 - Beginning of reconnaissance of Azores Archipelago by Diogo de Silves.
		1452 - Diogo de Teive's voyage to the western Atlantic Ocean, and discovery of the Azorean islands of Flores and Corvo.
		1482-1486 - Voyages by Diogo Cão, during which the Portuguese discover the African coast between Cape Catarina and Serra Parda and come into contact with the kingdom of Congo.
	www.projetomemoria.art.br /PedroAlvaresCabral/revista2/pais2_2i.htm (640 words)

	Faial
		Faial, (means "beech wood" in Portuguese) is nicknamed Ilha Azul, the "Blue Island" for the abundance of hydrangeas that grow on the island.
		The original name of the island was Ilha da Ventura (Venture Island) and it was discovered by Diogo de Silves, in 1427.
		The island was initially settled by Flemish and Portuguese settlers.
	www.ourfamilyorigins.com /azores/faial.htm (156 words)

	Dancing With Dolphins - The Age of Discoveries
		His galley was given to Diogo Pires and his passed to a noble called Diogo Mendes.
		Having boarded carelessly one fusta of Diu that seemed weakly provided, Diogo Mendes was suddenly confronted with a large group of well armed and resolute Turks, who had hidden on their approach, and that now invaded his ship and determined to take her.
		Effectively, as soon as the “Espírito Santo" and the gale of Diogo Pires entered the channel to the inner harbour they started to be shelled by the fortress, by the seaward fort and by the rowing-ships of the enemy, suffering heavy damage from all.
	www.dancingwithdolphins.com.au /discovery (6838 words)

	History - Azores Tourist Guide - Destinazores
		Historic accounts indicate that the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel were the first to be discovered by the Portuguese navigator Diogo de Silves circa 1427.
		Flores and Corvo were discovered close to the year 1452 by Diogo de Teive and his son João de Teive.
		The island of Flores (flowers) was initially called St. Thomas and St. Iria but due to the abundance of yellow flowers (cubres) which covered the island the new name was considered to be more appropriate.
	www.destinazores.com /history.php (2222 words)

	Henry Moniz: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Henry is sometimes said to be "son of Vasco Martins Moniz who was with King John in Ceuta in 1415, where he was knighted", but is placed here as a son of Diego Gil as these dates seem wrong and Diego Gil was in North Africa in 1425.
		Henry seems to have died in 1470, for in June of that year a Henry Moniz paid 20 reis into the treasury, yet that September a license was granted to the guardian of Diego, the son of Henry Moniz, to take arms as the king's vassal.
		It was apparently this Henry Moniz who sold the hereditary military governorship of Silves to Ferdinand Coutinho da Silva, Bishop of Silves, his mother's uncle.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Moniz_Henry_557546361.htm (420 words)

	SkyHigh Adventures
		The sea temperature also changes very little, varying between 16°C and 23°C. With such an all year round equable climate, the islands are perfect for many outdoor sports such as cycling, horse riding, golf, tennis, walking,climbing and all manner of water sports.
		The islands were "discovered" and claimed for Portugal in 1427 by Diogo de Silves, but the first recorded mention of the Azores was in an Arabic manuscript dated 1145.
		Many legends suggest that the islands were known to sea travellers even earlier than this and, inevitably, that the Azores is the location of the lost civilisation of Atlantis.
	www.skyhighadventures.co.uk /azores.html (755 words)

	Chronology
		Antão Gonçalves, Diogo Afonso, and Gomes Pires on trade and raid to Rio do Ouro.
		Antão Gonçalves, Garçia Homem, Diogo Afonso to Cape Blanco and Arguim.
		Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, on foray into Red Sea, drops off the embassy of Rodrigo de Lima at Massawa, whence it establishes contact with "Prester John", the Ethiopian emperor Lebna Dengal.
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/iberia/1492/chronology.htm (593 words)

	Picoazores.com - English Version - Pico Island
		It is said that it was one of the King’s navigator’s, Diogo de Silves, who anchored for the first time in the Azores in 1427.
		However, the first capitão donatário of Pico Island was Álvaro de Ornelas from Madeira Island, the son of Lopo Esteves de Dornelas and Maria de Ayala e Vasconcelos, relatives of Diogo de Silves, 1st Count of Portalegre.
		Some historians state that the island’s first settlers were the ones who Captain Jos d' Utra, from Faial Island, sent to the island and docked in 21 September 1481.
	www.picoazores.com /english/pico_island/parish/ilha_do_pico.php (995 words)

	Açores99
		Não existiria nestas ilhas vida animal que permitisse a sobrevivência de grande quantidade de Milhafres, e tanto Diogo de Silves como Diogo de Teive, decerto que saberiam distinguir um Açor de um Milhafre.
		A devoção de Diogo de Silves a Sta.
		Maria dos Açores, (a primeira ilha avistada e onde Diogo Silves desembarcou, foi precisamente baptizada de Santa Maria.
	azores.itgo.com /Azores/acores.htm (443 words)

	pilgrim chapter 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		1427—Diogo de Silves discovered part of the archipelago of the Azores, which was colonized in 1431 by Gonçalo Velho Cabral.
		1461 —Diogo Afonso discovered the western islands of the Cabo Verde group.
		1509—The Gulf of Bengal crossed by Diogo Lopes Sequeira.
	www.apol.net /dightonrock/pilgrim_chapter_4.htm (2327 words)

	Denver Post Online: Books and Authors
		In 1427 the pilot Diogo de Silves, possibly on a return voyage from Madeira, reached the islands that would eventually be named the Azores, but it was Goncalo Velho Cabral who is credited with the official discovery of the islands in 1431.
		The seven islands were named the Ilhas dos Acores ("Isles of Hawks"), and within a year, the Portuguese had settled in.
		Also known as the "Isle of the Seven Cities," Antilia was probably the most notorious of the nonexistent Atlantic islands.
	extras.denverpost.com /books/chap153.htm (6123 words)

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		1427 Discovery or rediscovery of the Azores by Diogo de Silves (or Sines).
		1452 Diogo de Teive discovers Flores and Corvo in the Azores.
		1482-1484 Voyage of Diogo Cao to Cape Santa Maria well below the equator.
	www.corndancer.com /vox/clio/discovery/disc_chrnlgy.html (3243 words)

	cannabisnews.com: Lisbon Takes Drug Use Off The Charge Sheet
		This is fascinating, and I mean to take time and find out what I can of Portugal.
		Did you know, Diogo, that two among the Azores were once called the "Flower Islands"?
		Comment #7 posted by Diogo de Silves on July 21, 2001 at 23:19:56 PT
	www.cannabisnews.com /news/10/thread10363.shtml (2090 words)

	1World2travel - Faial - Azores-Portugal
		Great richness of architecture illustrated in buildings and monuments
		The original name of Faial was 'Insula de La Ventura nos Portulanos' and it was discovered by Diogo de Silves in 1427.
		Flemish in the 15th Century and was named São Luis.
	www.1world2travel.com /article.php?articleID=2725 (548 words)

	Portugal > History and Events > Date Table > Second Dynasty of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Discovery by Diogo Gomes of Cape Verde Islands
		28th August - João II personally executes for treason Dom Diogo, Duke of Viseu and the Crown confiscated his possessions
		Diogo Cão reaches mouth of River Congo in Africa
	www.portugal-info.net /history/second-dynasty.htm (2090 words)

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