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The Story of

Cape Verde

1781 – 1781

Sovereign state comprising ten islands off the Western coast of Africa

  1. Battle of Porto Praya

    16 April 1781

    The Battle of Porto Praya was fought on 16 April 1781 during the American Revolutionary War between a Royal Navy fleet under Commodore George Johnstone and a French Navy squadron under Pierre André de Suffren. Both the British and French were en route to the Dutch Cape Colony, the former to capture it and the latter to help defend it before proceeding to France's colonies in the Indian Ocean.