Alvise Cadamosto

Alvise Cadamosto 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.

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Who was born first?

• Alvise Cadamosto was born 3 years after Ambrogio Contarini
• Alvise Cadamosto was born 5 years before Pero Vaz de Caminha
• Alvise Cadamosto was born 8 years before Pedro Arias Dávila
• Alvise Cadamosto was born 9 years before Túpac Inca Yupanqui
• Alvise Cadamosto was born 9 years before Martín Alonso Pinzón

Timeline

1. Ambrogio Contarini1429–1499
2. Alvise Cadamosto (this page)1432 – July 16, 1488
3. Pero Vaz de Caminhacirca 1437 – December 15, 1500
4. Pedro Arias Dávilacirca 1440 – March 6, 1531
5. Martín Alonso Pinzón1441 – March 31, 1493
6. Túpac Inca Yupanqui1441–1493

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