Gil Eanes (or Eannes, in the old Portuguese spelling; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒil iˈɐnɨʃ]) was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer. Gil...

Eanes is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with this surname include: António Ramalho Eanes (born 1936), Portuguese politician Gil Eanes (fl. c. 1450)...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

the street was again renamed Rua Gil Eanes, due to a homonymous street in Brás. The street still retains Gil Eanes's name. further renamings were planned...

Gil Eanes, finally surpassed Cape Bojador and returned to tell about it. Henry immediately dispatched a follow-up mission in 1435, under Gil Eanes and...

: 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...

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...

established the colonies that comprised the Portuguese Empire. Also from Lagos, Gil Eanes set sail in 1434 to become the first seafarer to round Cape Bojador in...

the Azores, which was colonized in 1431 by Gonçalo Velho Cabral. 1434 — Gil Eanes sailed round Cape Bojador, thus destroying the legends of the ‘Dark Sea’...

1937, and reopened the same year in the same building as Liceu Gil Eanes. Liceu Gil Eanes (the current Liceu Ludgero Lima) opened a section in Praia in...

arms. The Cabral family rose to prominence during the 14th century. Álvaro Gil Cabral (Cabral's great-great-grandfather and a frontier military commander)...

The captains gave various excuses for having failed. Finally, in 1434 Gil Eanes, the commander of one of Henry's expeditions, became the first known European...

Coutinho Diogo de Silves Diogo de Teive Diogo Gomes Fernando de Castro Gil Eanes Gonçalo de Sintra Gonçalo Velho Cabral João de Trasto João Fernandes João...

Coutinho Diogo de Silves Diogo de Teive Diogo Gomes Fernando de Castro Gil Eanes Gonçalo de Sintra Gonçalo Velho Cabral João de Trasto João Fernandes João...

Francisco de Almeida Francisco Álvares Henry the Navigator Gaspar Corte-Real Gil Eanes Gonçalo Velho João Afonso de Aveiro João da Nova João Grego João Álvares...

founded in Italy. Jan van Eyck paints the Arnolfini Portrait. Explorer Gil Eanes rounds Cape Bojador in Western Sahara, thus destroying the legends of...

Coutinho Diogo de Silves Diogo de Teive Diogo Gomes Fernando de Castro Gil Eanes Gonçalo de Sintra Gonçalo Velho Cabral João de Trasto João Fernandes João...

3. Gil Eanes, 4. Martim Vicente pilot and 5. João de Dias owner. Barros (p.92) lists them as 1. Soeiro da Costa, 2. Vicente Dias, 3. Rodrigo Eanes (!)...

assuaged in 1434 when it was rounded by one of Infante Henry's captains, Gil Eanes. Once this psychological barrier had been crossed, it became easier to...

higher education. Amílcar Cabral was educated at Liceu Secondary School Gil Eanes in the town of Mindelo, Cape Verde. He was later educated at the Instituto...

founded in Italy. Jan van Eyck paints the Arnolfini Portrait. Explorer Gil Eanes rounds Cape Bojador in Western Sahara, thus destroying the legends of...

Francis Drake English 16th Caribbean, Pacific Coast of North America Gil Eanes Portuguese 15th Northwest African coast Juan Sebastián Elcano Spanish...

Coutinho Diogo de Silves Diogo de Teive Diogo Gomes Fernando de Castro Gil Eanes Gonçalo de Sintra Gonçalo Velho Cabral João de Trasto João Fernandes João...

initiated many expeditions on the west coast of Africa. An expedition of Gil Eanes in 1434 first rounded Cape Bojador on the northwestern coast of Africa...

It is named Gil, after Portuguese navigator Gil Eanes. The name was chosen by high-school student José Luís Coelho, from 765 entries. Gil turned the RTP...