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Fernão do Pó , also Fernão Pó, Fernando Pó, Fernando Poo (15th century) was a Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 navigator and explorer
Portugal in the Age of Discovery

During the history of Portugal , Portugal discovered an eastern route to India that rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Colonial Brazil#Early colonial history Brazil, established trading routes throughout most of southern Asia, colonized selected areas of Africa, and sent the first direct European maritime trade and diplomatic missions to China....
 of the West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
n coast. He discovered the islands
Cameroon line

The Cameroon line is a geologic fault or rift zone that extends along the border region of eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon, from Mount Cameroon on the Gulf of Guinea north and east towards Lake Chad....
 in the Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Africa. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf. According to the International Hydrographic Organization, the Gulf's oceanic border is the rhumb line that runs from Cape Palmas in Liberia to Cape Lopez in Gabon ....
 around 1472, one of which until the mid 1900s bore a version of his name, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo. The island is presently named Bioko
Bioko

Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, part of Equatorial Guinea. In colonial times it geographical renaming Fernando P? or Fernando Poo, and under the Africanization policy of dictator Francisco Mac?as Nguema it was renamed Masie Ngueme Biyogo Island ; on his overthrow in 1979 it was named...
, part of Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a Spanish-speaking country located in Central Africa. With an area of 28,000 km2 it is one of the smallest countries in continental Africa, having a population estimated at half a million....
). His name had also been given to several other places in nearby Cameroon
Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....
; the village of Fernando Pó, Portugal; the village of Fernando Pó, Sierra Leone; and is the original name of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe

S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Africa....
, which bore his name until the 20th century.

About him or his life little is known.






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Fernão do Pó , also Fernão Pó, Fernando Pó, Fernando Poo (15th century) was a Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 navigator and explorer
Portugal in the Age of Discovery

During the history of Portugal , Portugal discovered an eastern route to India that rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Colonial Brazil#Early colonial history Brazil, established trading routes throughout most of southern Asia, colonized selected areas of Africa, and sent the first direct European maritime trade and diplomatic missions to China....
 of the West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
n coast. He discovered the islands
Cameroon line

The Cameroon line is a geologic fault or rift zone that extends along the border region of eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon, from Mount Cameroon on the Gulf of Guinea north and east towards Lake Chad....
 in the Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Africa. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf. According to the International Hydrographic Organization, the Gulf's oceanic border is the rhumb line that runs from Cape Palmas in Liberia to Cape Lopez in Gabon ....
 around 1472, one of which until the mid 1900s bore a version of his name, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo. The island is presently named Bioko
Bioko

Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, part of Equatorial Guinea. In colonial times it geographical renaming Fernando P? or Fernando Poo, and under the Africanization policy of dictator Francisco Mac?as Nguema it was renamed Masie Ngueme Biyogo Island ; on his overthrow in 1979 it was named...
, part of Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a Spanish-speaking country located in Central Africa. With an area of 28,000 km2 it is one of the smallest countries in continental Africa, having a population estimated at half a million....
). His name had also been given to several other places in nearby Cameroon
Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....
; the village of Fernando Pó, Portugal; the village of Fernando Pó, Sierra Leone; and is the original name of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe

S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Africa....
, which bore his name until the 20th century.

About him or his life little is known. He was awarded an aristocratic title and land by the Portuguese crown. His descendants still live in their historic home. Descendants also emigrated to Cuba and eventually the United States where they still live today. The common family name having evolved into dePoo. He was among a number of navigators who explored the Gulf of Guinea during this period on behalf of King Afonso V of Portugal
Afonso V of Portugal

Afonso V , or Affonso , the African , was the 12th Algarve#History .He was born in Sintra, the eldest son of King Edward of Portugal by his wife, Infanta Leonor of Aragon ....
.

Fernando Pó is credited as being the first European explorer to discover the south western coast of Africa.Before Fernando Pó, Europeans believed Africa was a large island. Pó discovered the western "elbow" of the continent and the long south western coast. He is also credited as having introduced cocoa
Cocoa

Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of the cacao from which chocolate is made. "Cocoa" can often also refer to the drink commonly known as hot chocolate; Cocoa solids, the dry powder made by grinding cocoa seeds and removing the cocoa butter from the dark, bitter cocoa solids; or it may refer to the combination of both cocoa p...
 to the West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
n country of Ghana
Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
, having brought seeds with him from Fernando Pó, or Bioko
Bioko

Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, part of Equatorial Guinea. In colonial times it geographical renaming Fernando P? or Fernando Poo, and under the Africanization policy of dictator Francisco Mac?as Nguema it was renamed Masie Ngueme Biyogo Island ; on his overthrow in 1979 it was named...
, island.

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    Annobón

    Annob?n may refer to:* Annob?n Province* Annobonese language* Annobon people...
  • Bight of Bonny
    Bight of Bonny

    The Bight of Bonny is a bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea. It extends from the Niger Delta of the Niger river in the north till Cape Lopez in Gabon....
  • Bioko Island
  • Cameroon line
    Cameroon line

    The Cameroon line is a geologic fault or rift zone that extends along the border region of eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon, from Mount Cameroon on the Gulf of Guinea north and east towards Lake Chad....
  • Equatorial Guinea
    Equatorial Guinea

    The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a Spanish-speaking country located in Central Africa. With an area of 28,000 km2 it is one of the smallest countries in continental Africa, having a population estimated at half a million....
  • Fernandino
    Fernandino

    Fernandinos are Creole peoples, multi-ethnic or multi-race groups of Equatorial Guinea and former Spanish Guinea with distinct social, cultural and linguistic histories....
  • Fernando Po
    Fernando Po

    Fernando Po may mean:*Fernando Po in Equatorial Guinea, now called Bioko*Fern?o do P?, Portuguese explorer*Fernando P?, Portugal, village*Fernando Po, Sierra Leone, village...
  • Gulf of Guinea
    Gulf of Guinea

    The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Africa. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf. According to the International Hydrographic Organization, the Gulf's oceanic border is the rhumb line that runs from Cape Palmas in Liberia to Cape Lopez in Gabon ....
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
    São Tomé and Príncipe

    S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Africa....