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Paulo Dias de Novais, a Common card
Paulo Dias de Novais, a fidalgo of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese colonist in Africa in the 16th century and the first Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 81
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,800
Power 81 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Paulo Dias de Novais quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paulo Dias de Novais card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the ______ of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias.
Answer
grandson. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias. From the Paulo Dias de Novais article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In the ____, the ruling ngola of Ndongo absconded his allegiance to the Kingdom of Kongo and sought recognition from Portugal instead.
Answer
1550s. In the 1550, the ruling ngola of Ndongo absconded his allegiance to the Kingdom of Kongo and sought recognition from Portugal instead. From the Paulo Dias de Novais article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mutual Defense Pact of the Southeastern Provinces. Mutual Defense Pact of the Southeastern Provinces 59 · Ivars Godmanis 53 · Paulo Dias de Novais 50 · Hwando 45 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias.
- In the 1550, the ruling ngola of Ndongo absconded his allegiance to the Kingdom of Kongo and sought recognition from Portugal instead.
- The prospect of finding a source of silver, slaves, making converts and establishing a colony led Lisbon to dispatch an expedition in 1560 led by Paulo Dias de Novais and Jesuit missionary Father Gouveia.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paulo Dias de Novais article was read about 5,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Paulo Dias de Novais
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Paulo Dias de Novais (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Post of Angola, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
