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Diogo Cao (ca. 1452-1486). Portuguese navigator. Between 1482 and 1486 he undertook two expeditions along the West African coast, serving King John II of Portugal. Discoverer of the mouth of the Congo River. Sculpture by the Portuguese sculptor Alvaro de Brée (1903-1962), 1947-1948. Detail. Maritime Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.