Cape of Good Hope
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The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. There is a very common misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa and the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, but in fact the southernmost point is Cape Agulhas, about 150 kilometres (90 mi) to the east-southeast. However, when following the coastline from the equator, the Cape of Good Hope marks the psychologically important point where one begins to travel more eastward than southward. Thus the rounding of the cape in 1488 was a major milestone in the attempts by the Portuguese to establish direct trade relations with the Far East. As one of the great capes of the South Atlantic Ocean, the Cape of Good Hope has been of special significance to sailors for many years and is widely referred to by them simply as "the Cape." It is a major milestone on the clipper route followed by clipper ships to the Far East and Australia, and still followed by several offshore yacht races.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09786130608224
- Genre Geowissenschaften
- Editor Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
- Sprache Englisch
- Anzahl Seiten 84
- Herausgeber Alphascript Publishing
- Größe H220mm x B150mm x T5mm
- Jahr 2010
- EAN 9786130608224
- Format Fachbuch
- ISBN 978-613-0-60822-4
- Titel Cape of Good Hope
- Untertitel South Africa, Indian Ocean, Cape Agulhas, Great capes, Clipper route, Clipper, Cape Colony, Cape Peninsula, Cape Province, History of Cape Colony Pre- 1806
- Gewicht 143g
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