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Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488?

Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488?
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Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488?

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The first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias
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The first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias 12 March in 1488, who named it the "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas).
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