Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa

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Discovery

Place

South Africa

Date

1488

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"The aim of the expedition was to secure a route to the Indian Ocean and the alluring Asian spice trade. . . . Dias realized he had discovered the African landmass's southern limits." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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