The 15th century Venetian navigator Alvise Cadamosto made note of what was probably the Southern Cross on exiting the Gambia River in 1455, calling it the carro dell ' ostro (" southern chariot ").

Alvise Cadamosto explored the Atlantic coast of Africa and discovered several islands of the Cape Verde archipelago between 1455 and 1456.

* July 18 – Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer ( b. 1432 )

* Alvise Cadamosto discovers some of the Cape Verde Islands.

* probable – Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer ( d. 1488 )

* 1458 — Alvise Cadamosto discovers the first Cape Verde Islands.

In 1456, Alvise Cadamosto discovered some of the islands.

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Alvise Cadamosto set out on March 22, 1455 on a 43-tonne caravel supplied by Prince Henry, with Vicente Dias as ship master He proceeded to Porto Santo and Madeira, and thereafter weaved his way through the Canary islands, making stops in La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma before reaching the African coast around Cape Blanc.

The record of Portuguese discoveries prior to Alvise Cadamosto did not seem to have gone beyond the Sine-Saloum delta.

In 1481, Alvise Cadamosto was elected captain of the Venetian Alexandria galley fleet, ending his naval career on the same ships where he started.

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Refurbishment works were being held at the palace when on 1577 a third fire destroyed the Scrutinio Room and the Great Council Chamber, together with works by Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, Alvise Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Pordenone, and Titian.

* Restructured in the 14th century, the Chamber of the Great Council was decorated with a fresco by Guariento and later with works by the most famous artists of the period, including Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, Alvise Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Pordenone and Titian.

Alvise was born at the Ca ' da Mosto, a palace on the Grand Canal of Venice from which his name derives.

( 1916 reprint online ) ( Reprint 1895, C. Schefer ed., Relation des voyages à la côte occidentale d ' Afrique d ' Alvise de Ca ' da Mosto, 1455-1457, Paris: Leroux online ; New translation by Frédérique Verrier ( 1994 ) Voyages en Afrique Noire d ' Alvise Ca ' da Mosto ( 1455 & 1456 ).

): " Il Libro di Messer Alvise Ca da Mosto Gentilhuomo Venetiano " & " Navigatione del Capitano Pietro di Sintra Portoghese scritta per il medesimo M. Alvise da Ca da Mosto ", as printed in Venice ( 1550 ), by Giovanni Battista Ramusio, ed., Primo volume delle navigationi et viaggi nel qua si contine la descrittione dell ' Africa, et del paese del Prete Ianni, on varii viaggi, dal mar Rosso a Calicut ,& infin all ' isole Molucche, dove nascono le Spetierie et la navigatione attorno il mondo.

* Unknown ( 1490 ) Il Portolano del mare di Alvise da Mosto, nobile Veneto, nel qual si dichiara minutamente del sito di tutti i Porti, quali sono da Venezia in Levante et in Ponente et d ' altre cose utilissime & necessarie ai naviganti.

* da Mosto, Andrea ( 1883 ) " Il portulano attribuito ad Alvise da Cà da Mosto ", Bollettino della Società geografica italiana, vol.

* Mauro, Alessandra ( 1988 ) " O " Carro do Austro " de Alvise da Ca ' da Mosto: observaçoẽs astronómicas e fortuna editorial ", Revista da Universidade de Coimbra, vol.

* C. Schefer ( 1895 ) " Introduction " in Relation des voyages à la côte occidentale d ' Afrique d ' Alvise de Ca ' da Mosto, 1455-1457, Paris: Leroux

* Verrier, F. ( 1994 ) " Introduction ", in Voyages en Afrique Noire d ' Alvise Ca ' da Mosto ( 1455 & 1456 ).

* Zurla, P. ( 1815 ) Dei viaggi e delle scoperte africane di Alvise da Cà da Mosto, Patrizio Veneto, Venice.

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Navigatori class: 12 vessels-2010 t, among which Alvise da Mosto, Antonio da Noli, Antonio Pigafetta, Antoniotto Usodimare, Emmanuele Pesagno, Giovanni da Verazzano, Lanceloto Malocello, Leone Pancaldo, Luca Tarigo, Nicoloso da Recco, Nicolo Zeno, Ugolino Vivaldi

Regina Resnik as Laura and Cesare Siepi as Alvise also were new to the cast, but only with respect to this season ; ;

His brother Antonio and his nephew ( also possibly his pupil ) Alvise were also painters.

Along the way, in June 1455, around Cape Vert peninsula, he stumbled across Alvise Cadamosto, a Venetian captain also in Henry's service.

Alvise Cornaro ( 1484 – May 8, 1566 ) was an Italian patron of arts, also remembered for his four books of Discorsi ( published 1583 – 95 ) about the secrets to living long and well with measure and sobriety.

Jointly with Alvise Cadamosto, Usodimare discovered a great stretch of the West African coast in two known voyages in 1455 and 1456.