Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A monument.
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Examples
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Cross, and here he raised a monument called a padrao or padron in memory of his discovery, which is still standing.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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HISTORICAL ASPECTS including a replica of Dias 'cross (padrao),
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Dias erected a stone padrao (cross) after he had turned back to return to Portugal.
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In this Bay of Sam-Braz Gama erected a padrao, which was thrown down as soon as he was gone.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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1488 - Portuguese explorer and navigator Bartholomew Diaz erects a padrao - that of St Philip - at Cape Maclear, west of Cape Point.
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1488 - Portuguese navigator and explorer Bartholomew Diaz erects his third padrao - that of St James (Santiago) - at what is now Diaz Point, in Luderitz Bay.
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1488 - Portuguese navigator and explorer Bartholomew Diaz erects his third padrao - that of St James - at what is now Diaz
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1488 - Portuguese explorer and navigator Bartholomew Diaz erects a padrao - that of St Philip - at Cape Maclear, west of
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(now Mossel) bay, and coasted as far as Algoa bay and to an island called Da Cruz where they set up a padrao.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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a large cross and a padrao were erected on the shore, and Cabral formally took possession of the country in the name of the King of
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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