History?

by Jane
(California USA )

Who were the people who inhabited the Azores in 1400's where did they come from?

Rob's Reply?
Hi Jane,
The Portuguese are responsible for the permanent, documented settlement starting in the 1400's. Discovery is credited to Diogo de Silves in 1427 or Gonçalo Velho Cabral in 1431 with settlement starting in 1439 in Santa Maria.

There is some recent evidence that some vikings or norse discovered the islands even earlier

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