Portugal, Lisbon: Tomb of national poet Luis Vaz de Camoes in the church Santa Maria of Monastery of Jerome

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Luis Vaz de Camoes (Camoens in english) was Portugal´s most important epic poet. He wrote The Lusiads (Os Lusiadas) where he reported the portuguese maritime expansion during the discovery epoch. He was compared to Shakespeare, Dante and Homer.

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