Alvise da Cadamosto 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 Africa... more
Alvise Cadamosto 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 firs... more
