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Cape Verde

Cape Verde is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa, uninhabited until Portuguese settlement in the fifteenth century. It became an important base for Atlantic shipping and the slave trade. The islands remained a colony of the Portuguese Empire until independence in 1975.

Cape Verde
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Portuguese Cape VerdePortuguese GuineaThird Portuguese Republic

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cape Verde. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cape-verde
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“Cape Verde.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cape-verde. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Cape Verde.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cape-verde.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Cape Verde’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cape-verde (Accessed: ).

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