Jewish people settled on Santiago and other islands. Some had escaped the ‘Inquisition’ whilst others were forced to work there or in other Portuguese colonies. More Jews followed from Morrocco [...]

In the 20th century national hero Amilcar Cabral played an important part in encouraging Cape Verdeans and people of Portuguese Guinea to support the opposition against colonial rule. He was [...]

An island of mixed fortunes. It is the largest island in the archipelago. It has the highest population with over half the population living in the capital, Praia.

The [...]

The island of Sao Vicente was discovered in 1462. The area of deep water in which the harbour lies was originally the internal area of a crater, the northern extremities [...]

Like Maio, salt was one of the products in which Sal traded. Salt had been traded by the occupants on Sal in the times prior to the inauguration of a [...]

The island was discovered in 1460 and was originally known as Saint Cristovao. Nothing much happened on the island until English sailors came across the high quality salt in the [...]

Maio is one of three flat islands in the archipelago, the other two being Sal and Boavista.

This island was an old volcano. It has been recorded that tests on [...]

The second largest island in the archipelago, its mountain ranges stretch from the northeast to the southwest. It is the most westerly and northern of the islands and its highest [...]

Discovered in 1461 but populated in the early 15th Century Sao Nicola’s mountainous regions proved challenging for those who settled there to farm and breed livestock.

The inhabitants of the island [...]

There is a small museum on the island which provides some information on the islands history. The island was discovered by Antonio Noli in 1460. The original given name of [...]

Situated to the west of the lower half of the Archipelago, Brava is only 20km from Fogo and is geologically speaking part of Fogo. Brava’s cliff’s extend 4km below sea [...]

Santa Luzia

Uninhabited island