Wind patterns made passin the cape complicted
Gil Eanes was the first person to sail beyond Cape Bojador.
Sailing around Cape Bojador posed significant challenges due to its treacherous waters, strong currents, and unpredictable winds. The cape is often shrouded in fog and has a history of shipwrecks, making navigation perilous. Additionally, the lack of reliable maps and knowledge of the sea made it daunting for early explorers. This contributed to the mythos surrounding the cape, leading many to believe it was a point of no return.
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1488 I think...
1487 sure of it
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. This is the southernmost region of Africa. Dias, sometimes spelled as Diaz, was an explorer from Portugal.
Cape Horn was named by the first European to sail around it, a Dutch man, and he named it after his home town of Hoorn.
Ships sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to go from the east coast to the west coast.
Bartolomeu Dias
Good hope
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.