1. Landfall at Mossel Bay

    · Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

    Landfall at Mossel Bay
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    After thirty days in the open ocean, Dias’s ships reached the southern African coast at the place later called Mossel Bay, confirming that they had passed the continent’s southern extremity.

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