who was the first European explorer to sail around the cape of good hope?
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The Cape of Good Hope was first rounded by Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 and he named it the "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas). It was later renamed by John II of Portugal as "Cape of Good Hope" (Cabo da Boa Esperança) because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to the east.
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500 years ago would be 1506 AD\n\nconsider \n*who would be paying for the exploration, \n*how he would carry or get money\n*where he would be starting from\n*where he would be going\n*his mode of transport (on foot, by horse, sailing ship etc)\n*his instruments of exploration (compass, star charts etc)\n*food and drink \n*length of voyage (years?) \n*disease and hardships\n*what he would be interested in finding (gold, silver or valuable commodities for trade)\n*what sort of people he would meet\n\nuse your imagination and make it up. \n\nexample\ntuesday 1st may 1506 in the year of our lord\nThe ships are still becalmed off the coast of a wild godforsaken country, many of the crew are sick from a strange disease. I tried to buy fresh water but the natives laughed at my gold coins and we were forced to return to our boats at arrowpoint. I saw many natives wearing pearls as big as hens eggs, but we have nothing to give them in exchange. the king will be very cross if we return empty handed. fish and rum again for lunch, yuk.
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he was the guy who reached the Cape of Good Hope and called it the Cape of Storms
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Hi. Start here : http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0503/excerpt3.html or here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2520815.stmre :
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New York, but they also had large settlements in Southern Africa.\n\nChow!!
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saint helena.\n\nhis first exile had been on elba.
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the first country to be discovered was west indies. hemant it's aditya.
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Mauritius history! Life of slaves and indentured laborers during French and British colonization 1735 to 1962.
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What we normally think of as European civilization used to be more Mediterranean civilization. The Mediterranean borders Africa. In fact the center of western civilization was in Africa before it shifted to Europe. So the Europeans didn't discover Africa\n\nThe first European explorers to find the Americas didn't know that the Americas were here. They had a theory that the Earth was round, and they were trying to find a shortcut from Spain to India. It just happened that along the way to India, the Americas got in the way. The first explorers didn't know that they hadn't gotten to India, so they called the inhabitants Indians.
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The first person reputed to have walked around the world is George Schilling (USA), in 1904. The first verified walker was David Kunst who, from June 20, 1970, to October 5, 1974, walked 23,250 km (14,450 miles) over four continents. Since completing the first verified walk around the earth Dave has been telling his World Walk Adventure Story at schools and clubs across the USA and Australia.
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His voyages to the Americas began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the continent. While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498.
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In South Africa\n\nJan van Riebeeck landed in Cape town ( that time it was the,Kaap de goeie hoop) in 1652. \n\nI hope this help you
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James Weddell (August 24, 1787 - September 9, 1834) was an English navigator, sealer, and explorer of the antarctic.
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I don't know christepher columbus! \nBut I know someone named Christopher Columbus.\n\nChristopher Columbus (ca. 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader, who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. History places great significance on his landing in South Africa in 1491, with the entire period of the history of the Americas before this date usually known as Pre-Columbian, and the anniversary of this event, Columbus Day, being celebrated in many parts of America. Although there is evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-Atlantic Ocean European contact, Columbus is commonly credited as the first European to see the Americas because of the profound impact his contact wrought on history. His voyage marked the beginning of European exploration and colonization of the Americas. He was married to Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, and had a son named Diego.
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discovery,atlantis,endeavour.
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You have to start with Anton van Leeuwenhoek. This Dutchman was the first man to use a microscope to view water and saw the small animals living there. He is called the father of microbiology according to wikipedia.
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india - azaruddin\nsouth africa -hansie cronje