Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Alvise Cadamosto across 3 places, from 1456 to 1483.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alvise Cadamosto (surname cf. Ca' da Mosto, da Cadamosto, da Ca' da Mosto; also known in Portuguese as Luís Cadamosto; mononymously Cadamosto) (c.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Alvise Cadamosto is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Alvise Cadamosto was documented, and when
1456year
Lagos, Portugalattested“After his return in 1456, Cadamosto continued to live in Lagos for many years, suggesting he must have continued to engage, directly or indirectly, in West African commerce.”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
1456year
West Africanattested“After his return in 1456, Cadamosto continued to live in Lagos for many years, suggesting he must have continued to engage, directly or indirectly, in West African commerce.”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
November 1460month
Lagos, Portugalattested“Cadamosto's patron, Prince Henry the Navigator, died in November 1460, and the monopoly on African trade reverted to the Portuguese crown and its operations were gradually transferred from Lagos to Lisbon.”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
1483year
Polesineattested“He died in 1483, in the Polesine, while on diplomatic mission to Rovigo to assess the spoils acquired by the Venetian Republic after their victory over Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara in the War of Ferrara.”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
Open Quo Fuit to see these 4 presences on the
globe, filter them by date, and follow the journey year by year.
Places Alvise Cadamosto is documented in
Lagos, Portugal2 presences · 1456 to 1460
Polesine1 presence · 1483
West African1 presence · 1456
Other places tied to Alvise Cadamosto in the record
In each of these, a source puts Alvise Cadamosto and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Alvise Cadamosto was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1451year
Alexandriamentioned“In 1451, he was appointed noble officer of the marine corps of crossbowmen on a galley to Alexandria.”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
22 March 1455exact date
Porto Santomentioned“Given the eminence of Góis, this erroneous dating has been cited by others, and has been a cause of much confusion for later histories and chronologies.) Alvise Cadamosto set out on 22 March 1455 on a 43-tonne caravel supplied by Prince…”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
22 March 1455exact date
La Gomeramentioned“Given the eminence of Góis, this erroneous dating has been cited by others, and has been a cause of much confusion for later histories and chronologies.) Alvise Cadamosto set out on 22 March 1455 on a 43-tonne caravel supplied by Prince…”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
22 March 1455exact date
Ras Nouadhiboumentioned“Given the eminence of Góis, this erroneous dating has been cited by others, and has been a cause of much confusion for later histories and chronologies.) Alvise Cadamosto set out on 22 March 1455 on a 43-tonne caravel supplied by Prince…”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
12 December 1455exact date
Genoamentioned“It is known that the fleet was back in Portugal before the end of the year, as Antoniotto Usodimare would write a letter dated 12 December 1455 to his creditors back in Genoa, reporting the results of his voyage (albeit with much exagger…”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
12 December 1455exact date
Portugalmentioned“It is known that the fleet was back in Portugal before the end of the year, as Antoniotto Usodimare would write a letter dated 12 December 1455 to his creditors back in Genoa, reporting the results of his voyage (albeit with much exagger…”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
1456 to 1458period
Gambiamentioned“The unreliable Diogo Gomes later boasted that he sailed to the Gambia sometime between 1456 and 1458 and single-handedly negotiated a peace with the Niumimansa, although this is likely exaggerated.) Once they opened the Gambia River, Cad…”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
1460 to 1462period
Gambia Rivermentioned“(Note: although Cadamosto claims credit for the discovery of the Cape Verde islands, this is disputed by Diogo Gomes, who claims he discovered the islands, together with Antonio da Noli, in 1462 (sometimes dated 1460)) Cadamosto, Usodima…”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
1460 to 1462period
Gambiamentioned“(Note: although Cadamosto claims credit for the discovery of the Cape Verde islands, this is disputed by Diogo Gomes, who claims he discovered the islands, together with Antonio da Noli, in 1462 (sometimes dated 1460)) Cadamosto, Usodima…”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
February 1463month
Venicementioned“Probably seeing no future for himself in the new order, Cadamosto left Portugal and returned to Venice in February 1463.”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
February 1463month
Portugalmentioned“Probably seeing no future for himself in the new order, Cadamosto left Portugal and returned to Venice in February 1463.”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
1483year
Rovigomentioned“He died in 1483, in the Polesine, while on diplomatic mission to Rovigo to assess the spoils acquired by the Venetian Republic after their victory over Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara in the War of Ferrara.”source: Wikipedia: Alvise Cadamosto
How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
Sentences quoted from Wikipedia are available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Public domain books come from
Project Gutenberg. Quo Fuit claims no rights over these sources.
See Alvise Cadamosto on a 3D globe, filter the record by date, and cross this life with another to find
where the two overlap.
