Alvise Cadamosto
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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 t
Alvise is presented to Prince Henry of Portugal
Wolof people
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The Wolof people are a Niger-Congo ethnic group native to the Senegambia region of West Africa. Senegambia is today split between western Senegal, northwestern Gambia and coastal Mauritania; the Wolof
Alvise Cadamosto
…around Mboro, ). Cadamosto notes that this spot (or resgate) was already used by Portuguese traders. He dates that trade between the Portuguese and the Wolof people of the Senegal region was opened around 1450 ("five years before I went on this voyage"). While at the anchorage, Cadamosto was surprised to be met by…
A Wolof Waalo in war costume in the mid 19th century
Boilat 05 Reine du Walo, woloffe
Boilat 04 Mari de la reine du Walo, wolof