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 ==Country Information==
-Cape Verde was probably discovered in 1456 by Luigi da Cadamosto, who at that time was in service to Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (Henrique o Navegador); the islands showed no signs of any previous human settlement. In 1462, São Tiago was the first island to receive settlers. Plantation agriculture was established by the Portuguese community and worked by African slaves, who were brought in from the adjacent Guinea coast. [http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Cape-Verde-HISTORY.html Read more...]
+Cape Verde is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It was formerly a colony of [[Portugal Genealogy|Portugal]]. The official language is Portuguese.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cape Verde," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde, accessed 3 May 2016.</ref>
 ==Getting Started ==
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