The First Fleet stopped at the Cape of Good Hope on 13 October 1787. They were there for around a month and departed on 12 November.
Bartolomeu Dias
The first sailors to discover Cape of Good Hope came from Portugal.
Cape of Storms
Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope which allowed Vasco Da Gama to be the first to sail to India using this route, arriving in May 1498.
Bartolomeu Diaz is the first European known to have rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
the first modern rounding of the cape in 1488 by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias
Cape of Good Hope is closer to the equator than Cape Horn. Cape of Good Hope is located at approximately 34 degrees south latitude, while Cape Horn is situated around 56 degrees south latitude.
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.
Cape Town was the last stop for the First Fleet.
The way around Africa is called the Cape of Good Hope. The Cape of Good Hope is the point where a ship begins to travel more Eastward than Southward.