Cold frontal systems that come in from the west off of the Atlantic Ocean - during the winter - June through August
Cape of Storms
he found the cape of storms ( the cape of good hope )
Bartholomeu Diaz is attibuted with having founded the Cape of Good Hope -- or, the "Cape of Storms," as he termed it.
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It is misleading because the journey was dangerous. It has another name: the Cape of Storms.
He was a Portuguese explorer who discovered the "Cape Of Good Hope". But he originally named it the "Cape Of Storms", but it was renamed by John ll of Portugal. Dias never got through the "Cape Of Good Hope" though.
Bartholomew Dias is a famous explorer who sailed the ocean and found the cape of storms which is later renamed the cape of good hope
First Around the Southern tip of Africa, Caoe of Storms/ Cape of Good Hope
His name was Bartolomeu Dias and he did it around 1487.He named it the good hope cape after passing it, as before it was called The monsoons cape because of the heavy storms in that area.
It was named because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East. Answer2 The major cape close to the southern tip of Africa had not always been known as the Cape of Good Hope. Originally it was given the name Cape of Storms by the Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488, due to the stormy weather. John II of Portugal renamed it for the above mentioned reasons. 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 Also known as cape of storms. It received its name because in the past it was very difficult for the ships to pass this point, especially during bad weather, without being wrecked as there are many rocks, etc close to the shore.
I only know 1 of his achievements. He rounded the southern tip of Africa and named it The Cape of Storms. He later called it The Cape of Good Hope.
John II of Portugal renamed the southern tip of Africa the Cape of Good Hope.