Camões, Luis de

 
Pronunciation: /kaˈmɔɪnʃ/
(also Camoëns /ˈkaməʊɛns/)
  • (circa 1524–80), Portuguese poet; full name Luis Vaz de Camões. His most famous work, The Lusiads (1572), describes Vasco da Gama’s discovery of the sea route to India.