Suid Afrika voor 1652. 1487 The Portuguese explorer Batholemeu Dias sails down the coast to reach southern Angola. He later lands at present-day Walvis Bay and soon after at Lüderitz Bay. 1488 Dias succeeds in circumnavigating the Cape, naming it “Cabo de Bõa Esperança” or the Cape of Good Hope. This is a major breakthrough […]