1. First encounter with the Cape of Good Hope

    · Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa

    First encounter with the Cape of Good Hope
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    While returning westward, Dias’s ships encountered the Cape of Good Hope for the first time, a key geographical result of the expedition. The source supports May 1488 but no exact day.

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