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Document 14-3: Alvise Da Ca’ Da Mosto, Description of Capo Bianco and the Islands Nearest to It: Fifteenth-Century Slave Trade in West Africa (1455–1456)
Description of Capo Bianco and the Islands Nearest to It: Fifteenth-Century Slave Trade in West Africa (1455–1456)
Alvise da Ca’ da Mosto (ca.
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1428–1483) was an Italian trader and explorer. After his father was banished from Venice, Ca’ da Mosto took up service with Prince Henry of Portugal, a key promoter of Portuguese exploration of the West African coast. In 1455, he traveled to the Canary and Madeira Islands and sailed past Cape Verde to the Gambia River.
During another voyage in 1456, Ca’ da Mosto discovered islands off Cape Verde and sailed sixty miles up the Gambia River.
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In the excerpt that follows, Ca’ da Mosto describes the African Muslims who served as middlemen in the Atlantic slave trade. As you read it, notice both the details he chose to include and those he chose to leave out. What do these choices tell you a