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Alvise Cadamosto

Explorer and slave trader
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 the Genoese captain Antoniotto Usodimare. Wikipedia
Born: 1432, Venice, Italy
Died: July 16, 1483 (age 51 years), Venice, Italy
Nationality: Italian