Alvise de Cadamosto
Back to people overviewCadamosto was a Venetian merchant, who voyaged to the west coast of Africa in the 1450s. In search of new discoveries and gold for his patrons in Portugal, Cadamosto claimed to have discovered some of the Cape Verde Islands. The following century, Cadamosto’s heirs would commission a portolan atlas which is now one of the most remarkable pieces of cartography to survive from the 16th Century.
