may 1, 1488 - Bartolomeu Dias finds the Cape of Storms
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In May of 1488 Bartolomeu Dias found the "Cape of Good Hope" which he originally named the "Cape of Storms." Since Dias found the tip of South Africa sailors were able to have a better route to sail to the Spice Islands.
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