Luís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Milton, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama, but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas.
Luís Vaz de Camões foi um poeta nacional de Portugal, considerado uma das maiores figuras da literatura lusófona e um dos grandes poetas da tradição ocidental.
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Poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Discovery and exploration, Explorers, History, Portuguese, Portuguese poetry, Asia, Brazilian Patriotic poetry, Brazilian Sonnets, Broadsides, CPJCB, Camoens, Classical period, Colonies, Concordances, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Description and travel, Early works to 1800, English, English poetry, Epic poetry, Facsimiles, Gama, vasco da, 1469-1524, Language artsPeople
Luís de Camões (1524?-1580), Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), Bacchus, Fernando de Azevedo (1894-1974), Inês de Castro (d. 1355), J. J. Aubertin (1818-1900), Luís de, 1524?-1580 Camões, Vasco da Gama, VenusTime
Period of discoveries, 1385-1580, Anniversaries, etc., 1880, From mythical pre-history of Portugal until early 1500s A.D., descoberta do caminho marítimo para a ÍndiaID Numbers
- OLID: OL73347A
- Amazon ID: B001HPQ0LA
- GoodReads: 417720
- ISNI: 0000000121005159
- LibraryThing: cameslusde
- Project Gutenberg: 1183
- VIAF: 34454091
- Wikidata: Q590
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q590
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- Luís Vaz de Camões
- Camoens
- Luiz de Camões
- Luis de Camões, Camões
- Camoëns
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