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Gil Eanes
For years, European sailors had turned back at the same cape, convinced that beyond it lay boiling seas and monsters — until he sailed past it and found nothing but ocean.
1390–1460
Life Journey
A voyage that broke fear of the unknown sea
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c.1390
Humble beginnings
Gil Eanes was born in Portugal at a time when maritime curiosity was growing but much of the Atlantic coast remained feared and unexplored.
