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feb 3, 1488 - Bartolomeu Dias passes Africa's southern tip

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Bartolomeu finds a cape on Africa's southern tip and names it the Cape of Good Hope. This serves as a way of knowing where the bottom of Africa is.

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feb 3, 1488
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~ 538 years ago

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