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The Cape Verde Islands were discovered in 1460 by Diogo Gomes, the first settlers arriving in 1462. In 1587 its administration was unified under a Portuguese govermor. The colony became an Overseas Province on 11 June 1951.
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Further Reading
Annuario Estatistico de Cabo Verde. Praia. Annual
Carreira, A., The People of the Cape Verde Islands. London, 1982
Foy, C., Cape Verde: Politics, Economics and Society. London, 1988
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Paxton, J. (1990). Cape Verde. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271197_36
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