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===Online Resources=== | |||
*[http://www.noeasyvictories.org/research/almeida1997.php Chronological References: Cabo Verde/Cabo Verdean American] | |||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=KFUvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false "The Cabo Verde Islands," a Google eBook, published in 1874] | |||
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== History == | |||
In the 1400s Portuguese sailors explored down the western coast of Africa. They reached the offshore islands of Cabo Verde in 1455. The islands offered a healthier and more strategically secure base for trade along the African coast than any location on the mainland. From 1455-1975 it served Portuguese strategic and commercial interests. Such famous navigators as Da Gama, Dias, and Columbus passed through Cabo Verde on their way to someplace else. | In the 1400s Portuguese sailors explored down the western coast of Africa. They reached the offshore islands of Cabo Verde in 1455. The islands offered a healthier and more strategically secure base for trade along the African coast than any location on the mainland. From 1455-1975 it served Portuguese strategic and commercial interests. Such famous navigators as Da Gama, Dias, and Columbus passed through Cabo Verde on their way to someplace else. | ||
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At the time of independence the country was poor and undeveloped in comparison to Western standards but at a higher level than other West African countries. A small wealthy class prospers on export and import monopolies and large-scale plantation production, while few others can live comfortably because of recurrent droughts, limited arable land, and widespread erosion. The economy is sustained by remittances from a large emigré community.<br> | At the time of independence the country was poor and undeveloped in comparison to Western standards but at a higher level than other West African countries. A small wealthy class prospers on export and import monopolies and large-scale plantation production, while few others can live comfortably because of recurrent droughts, limited arable land, and widespread erosion. The economy is sustained by remittances from a large emigré community.<br> | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde] | ||
==Timeline== | |||
1462 - Portuguese settlers arrived at Santiago and founded a settlement they called Ribeira Grande and was the first permanent European settlement in the tropics<br> | 1462 - Portuguese settlers arrived at Santiago and founded a settlement they called Ribeira Grande and was the first permanent European settlement in the tropics<br> | ||
1956 - A group of Cabo Verdeans and Guineans organised (in Portuguese Guinea) the clandestine African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde, PAIGC<br> | 1956 - A group of Cabo Verdeans and Guineans organised (in Portuguese Guinea) the clandestine African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde, PAIGC<br> | ||
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The population of 444,000 is of diverse origins, but especially they are from the adjacent African coast, Portugal, and its other Atlantic possessions. Ethnically, it is 71% Crioulo, 28% African, and 1% European. The population is 98% Roman Catholic. The inhospitable climate has forced many Cabo Verdeans to emigrate, principally to the US, Netherlands, Italy, and Portugal so that the emigré population is greater than that in the islands. An estimated 700,000 Cabo Verdeans live outside the country | The population of 444,000 is of diverse origins, but especially they are from the adjacent African coast, Portugal, and its other Atlantic possessions. Ethnically, it is 71% Crioulo, 28% African, and 1% European. The population is 98% Roman Catholic. The inhospitable climate has forced many Cabo Verdeans to emigrate, principally to the US, Netherlands, Italy, and Portugal so that the emigré population is greater than that in the islands. An estimated 700,000 Cabo Verdeans live outside the country | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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