Cadamosto comes across two Portuguese caravels, one …
Years: 1455 - 1455
June
Cadamosto comes across two Portuguese caravels, one of which is commanded by Antoniotto Usodimare, a Genoese captain in Prince Henry's service, the other by an unnamed squire of Henry's household.
Meeting around Cape Vert in June 1455, they agree to join forces and proceed south together.
After a brief fishing stop on some unnamed islands (probably Îles des Madeleines), ...
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- Wolof people
- Serer people
- Jolof (Wolof) Empire
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Mandinka people
- Portuguese Empire
