CACUS

(cla ical myth.), giant s, of who inhabited cave of Aventine slain by Hercules. author and soldier; spent several in European travel and study; at Gibraltar 1782; author of a Don Sancho Garcia, 1771; also tag and satires; Works, Madrid, We net i an explorer; enter the service under Prince Henry the Navigator; discovered the Cape Verde famed for his explorations of coast of W. Africa and the rivers and Sengal.