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Cape Good Hope in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Cape Good Hope in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1580–1580

Historical events in Cape Good Hope

1580

June 1580
Circumnavigation
Francis Drake · Exploration and Discovery

Rounds the Cape of Good Hope

August 1580
Circumnavigation
Francis Drake · Exploration and Discovery

1st person to complete the circumnavigation of the World

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Cape Good Hope. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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