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Alvise Cadamosto

1432 - 1488

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Alvise Cadamosto (surname cf. Ca' da Mosto, da Cadamosto, da Ca' da Mosto; also known in Portuguese as Luís Cadamosto; mononymously Cadamosto) (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈvizɨ kɐðaˈmoʃtu]; Italian pronunciation: [alˈvize ˌkadaˈmosto]) (c. 1432 – 16 July 1483) was a Venetian explorer and slave trader, who was hired by the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator and undertook two known journeys to West Africa in 1455 and 1456, accompanied by the Genoese captain Antoniotto Usodimare. Some have credited Cadamosto and his companions with the discovery of the Cape Verde Islands and the points along the Guinea coast from the Gambia River to the Geba River (in Guinea-Bissau), the greatest leap in the Henrican discoveries since 1446. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alvise Cadamosto is the 126th most popular explorer (down from 121st in 2019), the 1,404th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,456th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alvise Cadamosto ranks 126 out of 498. Before him are Calamity Jane, Lope de Aguirre, Hugh Glass, Michael Rockefeller, Chris McCandless, and George Vancouver. After him are Pedro de Mendoza, Pánfilo de Narváez, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Juan de Grijalva, Sebastián de Belalcázar, and Mary Kingsley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1432, Alvise Cadamosto ranks 4. Before him are Mehmed the Conqueror, Pope Innocent VIII, and Afonso V of Portugal. After him are Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Isabel of Coimbra, Bartolomeo Vivarini, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Hōjō Sōun, Luigi Pulci, and Christina Abrahamsdotter. Among people deceased in 1488, Alvise Cadamosto ranks 4. Before him are Andrea del Verrocchio, James III of Scotland, and Clarice Orsini. After him are Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Girolamo Riario, John II, Duke of Bourbon, Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, and Borommatrailokkanat.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alvise Cadamosto ranks 1,404 out of 5,161. Before him are Michele Alboreto (1956), Francesco Gasparini (1668), Mary of Modena (1658), Tarpeia (-800), Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (1843), and Vittorio Alfieri (1749). After him are Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), Paul of the Cross (1694), Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265), Gerard of Csanád (980), Giorgio Basta (1550), and Giovanni Lanfranco (1582).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Alvise Cadamosto ranks 10. Before him are John Cabot (1450), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), and Bartholomew Columbus (1460). After him are Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Niccolò de' Conti (1395), Alejandro Malaspina (1754), Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385), Eusebio Kino (1645), and Ippolito Rosellini (1800).

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