Cape Verde

Cape Verde (officially known as the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of sub-tropical and volcanic islands in the north Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, approximately 664 kilometres (km) from Dakar, Senegal. The islands were first colonized by the Portuguese in 1462 and were an importan...

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Main Authors: Schneider, Marius, Ferguson, Vanessa
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Published: Oxford University Press 2020
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North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837336.003.0011
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780198837336.003.0011 2023-05-15T17:31:55+02:00 Cape Verde Schneider, Marius Ferguson, Vanessa 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837336.003.0011 unknown Oxford University Press Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Africa book-chapter 2020 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837336.003.0011 2022-08-05T10:29:58Z Cape Verde (officially known as the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of sub-tropical and volcanic islands in the north Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, approximately 664 kilometres (km) from Dakar, Senegal. The islands were first colonized by the Portuguese in 1462 and were an important part of the transatlantic slave route, where slaves were brought to the islands from West Africa, until the abolishment of the slave trade in 1876. Until 1879, Cape Verde was part of Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) and was incorporated as an overseas department of Portugal in 1951. The islands continued to campaign for independence which was peacefully achieved in 1975. Since the early 1990s, Cape Verde has been a stable representative democracy and remains one of the most developed and democratic countries in Africa. Book Part North Atlantic Oxford University Press (via Crossref)
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description Cape Verde (officially known as the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of sub-tropical and volcanic islands in the north Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, approximately 664 kilometres (km) from Dakar, Senegal. The islands were first colonized by the Portuguese in 1462 and were an important part of the transatlantic slave route, where slaves were brought to the islands from West Africa, until the abolishment of the slave trade in 1876. Until 1879, Cape Verde was part of Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) and was incorporated as an overseas department of Portugal in 1951. The islands continued to campaign for independence which was peacefully achieved in 1975. Since the early 1990s, Cape Verde has been a stable representative democracy and remains one of the most developed and democratic countries in Africa.
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