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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    The Canary Islands and Capo Verde in the 1534 Isolario by Benedetto Bordone Insulae Capitis Viridis (1598), showing Cape Verde. The first islands formed, around 40-50 million years ago, were present-day Sal and its eastern neighbors. The western islands were formed later, including São Nicolau (as early as 11.8 million years ago), São Vicente (nine million years ago), present-day Santiago ...
  2. britannica.com

    Dec 17, 2024history of Cabo Verde, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Cabo Verde.The islands off the west coast of Africa that constitute Cabo Verde were uninhabited until they were colonized by Portugal in the mid-15th century. After centuries under Portuguese rule, Cabo Verde won its independence in 1975, and Praia, on the island of Santiago, became the country's capital.
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD(-ee)) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ KAH-boh VUR-day, / ˌ k æ b oʊ-/ KAB-oh -⁠, [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres ...
  4. worldhistory.org

    The Portuguese colonization of the Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) Islands began from 1462. Initially envisaged as a base to give mariners direct access to West African trade, the Central Atlantic islands soon became a major hub of the Atlantic slave trade.Enslaved people were used on the sugar plantations of the islands and sold on to ships sailing to the Americas.
  5. britannica.com

    Dec 31, 2024Cabo Verde is named for the westernmost cape of Africa, Cape Verde (French: Cap Vert), which is located in nearby Senegal and is the nearest point on the continent. The largest port in the islands is located at Mindelo, on São Vicente. Its deepwater harbour accommodates sizable vessels and has been used as a fueling station since the 19th century.
  6. capeverdeislands.org

    The history of Cape Verde has left its mark. It is still visible and tangible today. We have listed the most important moments in the history of Cape Verde in chronological order below. Origin of the Cape Verde island group. Fogo volcano. About 15 million years ago, the island of Sal was created by volcanic magma. At the time it was a ...
  7. britannica.com

    Dec 31, 2024Cabo Verde - Independence Struggle, Colonization, Decolonization: The long-standing joint colonial administration of Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau was terminated in 1879, when both became separate Portuguese territories. Amid the contemporary African decolonization movement, their status was modified in 1951 to "overseas provinces," and their inhabitants were officially granted full ...
  8. oxfordbibliographies.com

    This history of Cape Verde focuses on the material challenges—geographic fragmentation, drought vulnerability, migration, and international aid—that faced this small island nation-state from the immediate post-independence period until the Second Republic multiparty democracy in the 1990s. It also engages comparative sources on small island ...
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  1. History of Cape Verde

    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. Wikipedia

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