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Cape Good Hope in History

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

2 records2 event labels2 people1488–1497

Historical events in Cape Good Hope

1488

1488
Discovery of Cape of Good Hope
Bartholomew Diaz · Exploration and Discovery

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

1497

8 July 1497
Cape Good Hope
Vasco de Gama · Exploration and Discovery

Sets sail for India attempting to be the first to make the journey around Africa

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