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Name: Alvise da Cadamosto
Birth Date: c. 1428
Death Date: 1483
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: trader, explorer

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Biography of Alvise da Cadamosto
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Alvise da Cadamosto (ca. 1428-1483) was an Italian trader and traveler from Venice who discovered the Cape Verde Islands and described the Canary Islands and the Senegal-Gambia-Geba area. Alvise da Cadamosto sailed aboard Venetian galleys to North...


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Alvise Cadamosto Summary
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1432-1488 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...
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Alvise Cadamosto Information
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Alvise Cadamosto or Alvide da Ca' da Mosto, also known in Portuguese as Luís Cadamosto (Venice, c. 1432 – Venice, July 18 1488), pron. IPA: [aɫ'viz(ɨ) kɐða'moʃtu], was a Venetian sea captain and explorer, who was hired by the Portuguese...


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Alvise Bittente
11/01/2005: 544 words, approx. 2 pages
PADUA, ITALY ALVISE BITTENTE GALLERIA PERUGI Alvise Bittente reproduces insignificant objects in ink on paper, following a serial cataloguing scheme: wastebaskets, trash cans, clothing, furniture, and whatever else one finds in the spaces of everyday life. Everything can be registered and...
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Artforum International
Alvise Bittente: Galleria Perugi.(Critical Essay)
11/01/2005: 512 words, approx. 2 pages
Alvise Bittente reproduces insignificant objects in ink on paper, following a serial cataloguing scheme: wastebaskets, trash cans, clothing, furniture, and whatever else one finds in the spaces of everyday life. Everything can be registered and put down on paper, removed from its referential...
 


 

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