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Discovery of Cape of Good Hope

Name: Discovery of Cape of Good Hope – Portugal factsheet records
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Portugal · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

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Bartholomew Diaz1488

Cape Good Hope · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Discovers the Cape of Good Hope, names it the Cape of Storms

Names involved

Bartholomew Diaz

Provenance

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