The three explorers who established the route around the Cape of Good Hope to India were:
- Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal
- Bartholomeu Dias
- Vasco de Gamma
Cape of Good Hope, rocky promontory at the southern end of Cape Peninsula, Western Cape province, South Africa. It was first sighted by the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 on his return voyage to Portugal after ascertaining the southern limits of the African continent.
One historical account says that Dias named it Cape of Storms and that John II of Portugal renamed it Cape of Good Hope (because its discovery was a good omen that India could be reached by sea from Europe); other sources attribute its present name to Dias himself.
Tip! The Cape of Good Hope is a peninsula just outside the city of Cape Town in South Africa. The Cape of Good Hope itself is a rocky promontory at the tip of the Cape peninsula and in the past marked the point where a ship traveling south from Europe turned east.
Today, most of the Cape peninsula, including the Cape of Good Hope, is part of Table Mountain National Park. Check out these interesting facts about the Cape of Good Hope shared by Traveltips.usatoday.com.