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The first person who opened the way from Europe to Asia, became a Portuguese Bartolomeu Dias and it happened in 1488, the year. According to history, explorer discovered the sea route to Asia, thanks to the commonplace storm.





Trying to reach the southernmost point of Africa, the expedition Bartolomeu Dias came in a heavy storm. After the end of the storm, the Portuguese said that the coastline begins to shift to the northeast. However, the crew mutinied and the ship had to turn back. By chance, on the way back skirting the African continent, Dias considered an extreme point of the cape, which is called the Cape of Storms. Later it was renamed into a well-known Cape of Good Hope. Until now, tourists are attracted by it he, although at the southern point is Cape Agulhas (Agulhas). This is where the mixed flow of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.