'places who really, in comparazion de' ours, those seen and understood for me another world potrian call " was probably born in Venice in 1432 , Alvise da Ca ' da Mosto (known in Portugal as Luís Cadamosto) had followed since his youth, the maritime orientation, the typical time in Venice, then the undisputed international emporium. He had embarked on such vessels, who liaises with Alexandria in Egypt and then also try those who headed up the lagoon from the center to Flanders and England. While sailing on that route, his ship was forced to a forced stay in Portugal, here let inasp ettatamente attracted by the prospect of going to negotiate in Africa.
She then the service of Henry the Navigator, under the Portuguese crown , Cadamosto explored the 'Atlantic and, after visiting Madeira and the Canary Islands, discovered some of the islands of Cape Verde. Between 1455 and 1456 addition, he performed at least two trips to the regions of West Africa, exploring the river Gambia and Senegal. Of which then drew up a report after returning home in 1463. Its pages are the first European description of a direct experience of navigation in those distant countries, and were published in 1505.
Alvin died in 1488. His house in Venice, one of the oldest the city still faces the Grand Canal. With an attractive façade Veneto-Byzantine style, it dates from the twelfth century.
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