João da Nova

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João da Nova (died 1509 in Cochin, India), also know as João da Nova Castelia, was a Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic, discoverer of Ascension (1501) and Saint Helena (1502) islands. The French Juan de Nova Island, in the Indian Ocean is named after him.

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