Who were the first European navigators to report on the Cabo Verde islands?

In the mid-15th century, several European navigators began reporting on the Cabo Verde islands. These included the Portuguese explorers Diogo Gomes and Diogo Afonso, the Venetian explorer Alvise Ca’ da Mosto, and the Genoese navigators António and Bartólomeu da Noli.1

While Diogo Gomes later claimed to have discovered the island group, it is widely noted that Alvise Ca’ da Mosto, who was in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator, allegedly visited the islands in 1456. Although there is no conclusive evidence that the islands were inhabited prior to the arrival of the Portuguese, it is possible that they were visited by Phoenicians, Moors, and Africans in earlier centuries.21