Who wrote the epic poem Os Lusíadas, published in 1572?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Luís de Camões
- Step 1: Camões tells of Vasco da Gama's voyage to India and of Portuguese history.
Answer
Luís de Camões.
Why not the others: Pessoa is a twentieth-century poet and Eça de Queirós a nineteenth-century novelist.
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