# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antoniotto-usodimare
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:05:06.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antoniotto-usodimare"
name: "Antoniotto Usodimare"
slug: "antoniotto-usodimare"
description: "Antoniotto Usodimare or Usus di Mare (1416–1462) was a Genoese trader and explorer in the service of the Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator. Jointly with Alvise Cadamosto, Usodimare discovered a great stretch of the West African coast in two known voyages in 1455 and 1456. They notably discovered the Cape Verde islands, and the Guinea coast from the Gambia River to the Geba River."
tagline: "Portuguese explorer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1416"
deathDate: "1461"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.24
  momentum:             2.347826086956522
  historical:           6.550253333333334
  currentAttention:     13.04347826086957
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%A3%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5"
    title: "Антоніотто Узодімаре"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniotto_Usodimare"
    title: "Antoniotto Usodimare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniotto_Usodimare"
    title: "Antoniotto Usodimare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniotto_Usodimare"
    title: "Antoniotto Usodimare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniotto_Usodimare"
    title: "Antoniotto Usodimare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniotto_Usodimare"
    title: "Antoniotto Usodimare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Узодимаре, Антониотто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q606364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump