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The islands of Cape Verde were discovered in 1444 by Prince Henry the Navigator (Son of King John I) and Antonio Noli, in the service of Henry's relative King Afonso V.The southeastern islands, including the largest island Santiago, were discovered in 1460 by António de Noli and Diogo Gomes.
Once they opened the Gambia River, Cadamosto and Usodimare led the next great leap of Henrican discoveries in Africa – Cape Verde islands, the Casamance River, Cape Roxo, Cacheu River and finally the Geba River and Bissagos Islands. The length of coast they discovered in 1456 was the greatest leap in the Portuguese era of discoveries since 1446.
The recorded history of Cape Verde begins with the Portuguese discovery of the island in 1458. Possible early references to Cape Verde date back at least 2,000 years. Possible early references to Cape Verde date back at least 2,000 years.
1444 — Dinis Dias reached Cape Green (Cabo Verde). 1445 — Álvaro Fernandes sailed beyond Cabo Verde and reached Cabo dos Mastros (Cape Red) 1446 — Álvaro Fernandes reached the northern Part of Portuguese Guinea; 1452 — Diogo de Teive discovers the Islands of Flores and Corvo. 1458 — Alvise Cadamosto discovers the first Cape Verde ...
Map of Cape Verde. Coat of arms of Portuguese Cape Verde. The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Portugal in 1456. A Portuguese colony was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single crown colony in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an overseas province of Portugal. Autonomy was granted in 1974 ...
Henry, at the time of Gomes' first voyage, was in correspondence with an Oran merchant who kept him informed upon events even in Gambian hinterland; and, before the discovery of the Senegal and Cape Verde in 1445, Gomes claims the royal prince had already gained reliable information of the route to Timbuktu. Gomes gives a touching account of ...
Old history records attribute to Antonio de Noli the discovery of Cape Verde Islands, supposedly "the ancient Hesperides of Pliny and Ptolemy". [29] This according to a carta regia (royal letter) of 19 September 1462. [30] [a] It is uncertain which of the Cape Verde Islands were discovered by Antonio de Noli. Some of the islands are mentioned ...
The Treaty of Tordesillas, [a] signed in Tordesillas, Spain, on 7 June 1494, and ratified in Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 miles west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa.