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                                 CAPE VERDE FIVE ESCUDOS PICK 41

 

                       

      The Cape Verde islands are situated in the Atlantic ocean some 400 miles

       west of Senegal,claimed for Portugal by the navigator Diogo Gomes in 1460

       this note displays the image of Bartolomeu Dias who no doubt stopped of

       here on his voyage to discover the sea route around the Cape of Good Hope