Learn about Cape Verde's history, geography, and culture through 27 facts covering Portuguese colonization, independence in 1975, and the islands' natural heritage. The video highlights landmarks where Charles Darwin landed aboard the HMS Beagle, volcanic peaks, the national dish cachupa, and Cape Verde's vulnerability to climate change.
- Duration
- 15 min 3 s
- Start
- Origins of the Name (Capvert Peninsula)
- End
- Maio Island
- Stops
- 14
- Channel author
- Lifeder
Timestamps and places
- — Calejão, Cabo Verde (Introduction to Cape Verde)
- — Ribeira Grande / Cidade Velha (Geographic Location in Central Atlantic)
- — Origins of the Name (Capvert Peninsula)
- — Sal Island (Ribeira Grande & Portuguese Settlement)
- — São Vicente Island (Santiago Island)
- — Boa Vista Island (Independence Movement)
- — Santo Antão Island & Hiking
- — Pico de Fogo Highest Peak
- — Caldera de Fogo Crater
- — Maio Island (Immigration & Diaspora)
- — Windward Islands (Sal, São Vicente, Santa Lucia, São Nicolau, Boa Vista)
- — Leeward Islands (Maio, Santiago, Fogo, Brava)
- — Pedro Lume Crater
- — HMS Beagle & Darwin's Landing at Praia
- — Mindelo Port on São Vicente
- — Sephardic Jewish History
- — 19th Century Jewish Merchants from Morocco
- — Trade Partners (Portugal & Spain)
- — International Ties (Netherlands, United States)
Route on the map
THIS IS LIFE IN CAPE VERDE: customs, people, geography, destinations