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Created on 2006-07-05 14:24:40 (#10599636), last updated 2006-09-09
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Basic Info| Name: | Margaret's South African Journal |
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| Location: | Cape Town, South Africa |
BioIn 1487 the explorer Bartolomeu Dias set sail from Portugal to find a sea route to the riches of the East. With a fleet of three ships he sailed down the west coast of Africa, but before reaching the Cape he was caught in a storm and driven from the shore. When the storm abated they sailed east believing they would again sight the west coast. However after sailing for several days and not sighting land they turned north and made landfall at the Gouritz river mouth on the east coast. They had unwittingly rounded the Cape of Good Hope - the first Europeans on record to do so. Some historians claim it was Dias who named the Cape Cabo Tormentosa or "Cape of Storms" alluding to the tempest he had endured.
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Montpelier High School - Montpelier, VT (2000 - 2004)Beloit College - Beloit, WI (2004 - present)
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