Bartolomeu Dias and the Cape of Storms

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Bartolomeu Dias and the Cape of Storms

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Jan 12, 2017

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Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias becomes the man to round the southern tip of Africa.
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Jan 12, 2017

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