Discovery of Congo River Mouth

Date: July 6, 1484 • Location: Soio, Angola

Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.

Diogo Cão, also known as Diogo Cam, was a Portuguese mariner and one of the most notable explorers of the fifteenth century. He made two voyages along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s, exploring the Congo River and the coasts of present-day Angola and Namibia.