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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    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.The remaining northwestern islands São Nicolau, São Vicente and Santo Antão were discovered in 1461 ...
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    Cape Verde's official language is Portuguese. [10] The recognized national language is Cape Verdean Creole, which is spoken by the vast majority of the population. As of the 2021 census the most populated islands were Santiago, where the capital Praia is located (269,370), São Vicente (74,016), Santo Antão (36,632), Fogo (33,519) and Sal ...
  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.
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    The Portuguese spoken in Cape Verde is based on the European Portuguese; the language standardizing instruments (e.g. grammar books, dictionaries, and school manuals) in the country are based on materials from Portugal.However, there are differences that, in spite of being small, are enough to set Cape Verdean Portuguese apart from European Portuguese.
  6. Jun 26, 2024The Portuguese colonized the islands and brought enslaved Africans to work on plantations producing cotton, sugar, and other crops. Slavery continued in Cape Verde until it was abolished in 1878 after a slave uprising. The Relationship Between Portugal and Cape Verde: Cape Verde was a colony of the Portuguese Empire and remained so until its ...
  7. portuguesemuseum.org

    When Portuguese mariners discovered Cape Verde in 1456, the islands were uninhabited but fertile-enough to attract the first group of settlers six years later. They founded Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha), the first European town in the tropics, on the island of São Vicente. To work the land, settlers almost immediately began to import ...
  8. portuguesemuseum.org

    Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony until 1975, and in the 600 or so years since its discovery, has been an important connection between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Click on an article below. In 1456, at the service of Prince Henry the Navigator, Venetian captains Alvise Cadamosto and Antoniotto Usodimare first landed in Cape Verde.
  9. 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 ...
  10. capeverde.com

    The discovers of Cape Verde, the Portuguese, described the islands upon their arrival in 1456 as "completely uninhabited." In any case, there is still no evidence of any human life before the descoberta. The Portuguese intended to establish new trade routes and goods, as well as expanding their knowledge of geography since Islamic traders controlled the Trans-Saharan trade of gold and ...
  11. 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.
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    Cape Verde was a colony of the Portuguese Empire from the initial settlement of the Cape Verde Islands in 1462 until the independence of Cape Verde in 1975. Wikipedia

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