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	Alvise Cadamosto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the service of the Portuguese crown, Cadamosto explored the Atlantic coast of Africa and discovered several islands of the Cape Verde archipelago between 1455 and 1456.
		On the second voyage, in 1456, Cadamosto became the first European to reach the Cape Verde Islands.
		Cadamosto documents his voyages, which can be found in the Hakluyt Society's "The Voyages of Cadamosto." Series II Vol.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alvise_Cadamosto (219 words)

	Cadamosto - LoveToKnow 1911
		CADAMOSTO (or CA DA MosTO), Alvise (1432-1477), a Venetian explorer, navigator and writer, celebrated for his voyages in the Portuguese service to West Africa.
		In 1454 he sailed from Venice for Flanders, and, being detained by contrary winds off Cape St Vincent, was enlisted by Prince Henry the Navigator among his explorers, and given command of an expedition which sailed (22nd of March 1455) for the south.
		Cadamosto expressly refers to the chart he kept of this voyage.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Cadamosto (340 words)

	Cadamosto, Luigi da - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		CADAMOSTO, LUIGI DA [Cadamosto, Luigi da], 1432?-1488, Venetian navigator in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal.
		He seems to have entered Portuguese service in 1454, and he left a record of a voyage in 1455 that is valuable for the information it gives concerning Portuguese activity in the Canary Islands.
		In 1456 or 1457, Cadamosto reached the Cape Verde Islands, but the question of discovery of the islands is not settled.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-cadamost.html (139 words)

	BookRags: Alvise da Cadamosto Biography
		Beyond the Senegal Cadamosto encountered two caravels, one under the command of the Genoan Usodimare, and the three vessels proceeded past Cape Verde to the mouth of the Gambia River.
		In the estuary of the Gambia, Cadamosto sketched the Southern Cross, and he referred to the height of the Pole Star as a fraction of a lance-length above the skyline; this notation suggests that navigators were not yet measuring latitude in degrees.
		Cadamosto's narrative, which was first published in 1507, gave valuable information about the caravan routes of the interior, from Mali via Ouadane to Morocco, from Mali via Timbuktu to Gao eastward, and from Timbuktu via Taghaza to Morocco and Tunis, and also described the trade, especially in gold and salt.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/alvise-da-cadamosto (502 words)

	The Bridge Between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era
		Cadamosto is believed generally to be very accurate in his reports.
		Cadamosto was so impressed that he asked for, and received, permission to go on the next fleet that Henry sent to the south, which he partially financed.
		Cadamosto's two voyages did make some very important discoveries (he is credited by some with the discovery of the Cape Verde Islands, which became Portuguese) but he is most famous for his excellent journal of the trips, in which he carefully described the areas he visited and the people he saw.
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	Senegal River - LoveToKnow 1911
		The seamen of Dieppe are said to have discovered the river about 1360, and even to have built a fort which became the nucleus of the town of St Louis, but this claim is unproved (see Guinea).
		The mouth of the Senegal, then called Senaga, was entered in 1445 by the Portuguese navigator Dinas Diaz (who thought it a western arm of the Nile), and in 1455 Cadamosto ascended the river for some distance.
		Leo Africanus rightly describes its lower course as "severing by its winding channel the barren and naked soil from the green and fruitful." It was not until 1637 that the explorations of the upper river began, Jannequin, Sieur de Rochfort, in that year ascending the river some 200 m.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Senegal_River (1263 words)

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		At the mouth of the Gambia he records an observation of the " Southern Chariot " (Southern Cross).
		It may be noted that Antonio Uso di Mare (Antoniotto Ususmaris), the Genoese, wrote his famous letter of the 12th of December 1455 (purporting to record a meeting with the last surviving descendant of the Genoese-Indian expedition of 1291, at or near the Gambia), after accompanying.
		Cadamosto to West Africa; see Beazley, Dawn of Modern Geography (1892), iii.
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	The Baldwin Project: The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sailing from Venice to France, Cadamosto was driven by a storm to shelter in the Prince's town near Cape St Vincent.
		On March 21, 1455, Cadamosto sailed for Madeira, then on to the newly found Canary Islands—which had been called by Hanno of old, the Islands of the Blessed—and so to the coast of Africa, landing at the white cape, Cape Blanco.
		Cadamosto had done much, but the Prince was not yet satisfied.
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	Explorers - C - EnchantedLearning.com
		Alvise da Cadamosto (1432?-1511?) was a Venetian (from Venice, Italy) navigator and merchant who sailed for Prince Henry of Portugal.
		Cadamosto claimed to have discovered the Cape Verde Islands, but this is uncertain.
		Cadamosto published a detailed account of his explorations in 1507.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/indexc.shtml (2170 words)

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		Alvise Cadamosto was a 15th century 15th century Venetian Venetian...
		"Alvise Cadamosto" was a 15th century 15th century Venetian Venetian sea captain, hired by the Portuguese Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator Henry the Navigator.
		In the service of the Portuguese crown, Cadamosto explored the Atlantic Atlantic coast of Africa Africa and discovered several islands of Cape Verde Cape Verde archipelago between 1455 1455 and 1456 1456.
	www.biodatabase.de /Cadamosto (118 words)

	The beginnings and plantings of madeira wine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Venetian Cadamosto, not likely to have been happy about the success of the Madeira adventure, tried to remain objective in his writings about the economic developments of the island during the middle of the 15th century.
		He spoke of the progress with wine and sugarcane, mentioning that the vines had been imported from Candia by Prince Henry's orders and he could see the impact of the wines on the European commercial markets.
		According to Cadamosto, bunches of grapes were reaching the size of 80 (sic) centimeters !
	www.madeirawine.com /html/search-english/history02.html (97 words)

	History of Cape Verde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The known history of Cape Verde dates from the first Portuguese explorers, who arrived in the fifteenth century.
		In 1456, Cadamosto discovered some of the islands.
		In the next decade, Diogo Dias and António Noli, captains in the service of prince Henry the Navigator, discovered the rest of the archipelago.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Cape_Verde (1512 words)

	CADAMOSTO (or CA DA Mo... - Online Information article about CADAMOSTO (or CA DA Mo...
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		CADAMOSTO (or CA DA MosTO), ALVISE (1432-1477), a Venetian explorer, navigator and writer, celebrated for his voyages in the Portuguese service to See also:
		Cadamosto to West Africa; see Beazley, See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BUN_CAL/CADAMOSTO_or_CA_DA_MosTO_ALVISE.html (810 words)

	Alvise da Cadamosto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Alvise da Cadamosto, The Portuguese in West Africa (1455-1456)
		Later, in 1487, when the Portuguese were endeavouring to penetrate the interior they attempted to establish a trading factory at Wadan which acted as a feeder to Arguim, tapping the north-bound caravan traffic and diverting some of it to the west coast.
		Source: Alvise da Cadamosto, "Description of Capo Bianco and the Islands Nearest to It," in J. Parry, European Reconnaissance: Selected Documents (New York: Walker, 1968), 59-61.
	housatonic.net /Documents/306.htm (726 words)

	European exploration of Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lopes Gonçalves (15th century Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic and of the African coast)
		Alvise Cadamosto (15th century Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic islands and of the African coast)
		Diogo Dias (15th century Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic islands, of the African coast and the Indian Ocean, discovered Madagascar)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_exploration_of_Africa (660 words)

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		The Voyages of Cadamosto and Other Documents on We...
		The Voyages of Cadamosto and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
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	Explorers of Africa - EnchantedLearning.com
		After this journey, King Manuel appointed Vasco da Gama to head the next expedition, and Cabral retired.
		James Cook (October 27, 1728- February 14, 1779) was a British explorer and astronomer who went on many expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, Antarctic, Arctic, and around the world.
		Thanks to Prince Henry's patronage, Portuguese ships sailed to the Madeira Islands (1420), rounded Cape Bojador (Eannes, 1434), sailed to Cape Blanc (1441), sailed around Cap Vert (1455), and went as far as the Gambia River (Cadamosto, 1456) and Cape Palmas (Gomes, 1459-1460).
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		Cape Verde was discovered in 1456 by Luigi da Cadamosto, a navigator in the service of Portugal.
		Four years later, Diogo Gomes, a Portuguese explorer, visited the uninhabited islands, and colonists from Portugal began to settle there in 1462.
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	Discoverers Web: The coast of Africa
		The Venetian Alvise da Cadamosto, who was allowed to take part in this trade, gave a description of West Africa in this period.
		While travelling to the Gambia is swept into open sea, and might have discovered the Cape Verdian Islands.
		Cadamosto did not make any important discoveries, except perhaps the Cape Verdian Islands, but is known because he wrote an account of his travels, which is the main source about the Portuguese trade in West Africa in the mid-fifteenth century.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/africa.html (1073 words)

	BookRags: Alvise Cadamosto Summary
		Venetian trader who discovered the Cape Verde Islands and explored coastal West Africa.
		Cadamosto (sometimes rendered as Ca' da Mosto), sailed under the Portuguese flag at the behest of Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460).
		In his first significant voyage (1455), he landed on the Madeira and Canary islands, then traversed the African coastline to a point just south of the Senegal River delta.
	bookrags.com /sciences/sciencehistory/alvise-cadamosto-scit-031.html (130 words)

	AllRefer.com - Luigi da Cadamosto (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia
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	Prince Henry the Navigator - EnchantedLearning.com
		Thanks to Prince Henry's patronage, Portuguese ships sailed to the Madeira Islands (Joao Goncalves Zarco, 1420), rounded Cape Bojador (Eannes, 1434), sailed to Cape Blanc (Nuno Tristao, 1441), sailed around Cap Vert (1455), and went as far as the Gambia River (Cadamosto, 1456) and Cape Palmas (Gomes, 1459-1460).
		Alvise da Cadamosto: Many years later, in 1455, Prince Henry sent the Venetian (from Venice, Italy) navigator Alvise da Cadamosto (1432?-1511?) on two expeditions.
		Cadamosto claimed to have discovered the Cape Verde Islands, but it is uncertain if he was the first one there.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/h/henry.shtml (770 words)

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		Purchasing African natives to work these new plantations began another lucrative financial venture for the Portuguese: the slave trade.
		Venetian explorer Alvise da Cadamosto helped the Portuguese considerably by charting coastal Senegal and Gambia for them in two voyages.
		His account of these trips demonstrates the developing social and economic relationships between Europeans, Arabs, and sub-Saharan Africans at the dawn of the age of European expansion.
	www.arts.ualberta.ca /~amcdouga/Hist446/readings/outsiders_cadamosto.htm (879 words)

	File 3 - 1450-1500 - Merchants and Bankers Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		1454-1455: Portugal: The Order of Christ (with Henry the Navigator as Grand Master), licences the Venetian merchant, Alvise da Ca' da Mosto (Cadamosto), to make two voyages to the upper Guinea Coast, resulting in perhaps the first European sighting of Cape Verde Islands.
		Cadamosto's narrative was not published till 1507 in Vicenza.
		Also, G. Crone, (Ed.), The Voyages of Cadamosto.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Prince Henry the Navigator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1436 Affonso Baldaya reached the Rio do Ouro and went 300 miles beyond Bojador; in 1441 Antam Gonçalves brought back the first captives, and Nuno Tristam penetrated as far as Cape Branco, and a year later to Arguim Bay; while in 1445 Dinis Diaz discovered Cape Verde.
		In two subsequent voyages, Cadamosto (1455-6) and Diogo Gomes (1458-60) explored the Senegal and the Gambia, and sailed down the coast as far as Sierra Leone.
		But this and the finding of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands was all the result Prince Henry saw, for he died in November, 1460, deeply in debt as the price of his lifelong service to the cause of Christianity and science.
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