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Lexicon Padrão _____________________________________________________ A padrão was a large stone cross inscribed with the coat of arms of Portugal that was placed as part of a land claim by numerous Portuguese explorers during the Portuguese Age of Discovery. Notable explorers known to have erected padrões along the southern African coastline were Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama. (see Wikipedia)