QUIZ at the end of this article.
QUIZ en fin d'article.
In August 1486 the Portuguese navigator, Bartholomeu Dias, set sail from the Tagus River at Lisbon with his fleet of two small vessels and a cargo ship. The objective of his journey was to sail round the southern point of Africa in order find a seaway and a trade route to India . At Angra Pequena (now Lüderitzbucht , Namibia ) he erected a cross. Then a tremendous storm forced his ships off course and he and his crew did not reach land until they entered the bay, which is known today as Mossel Bay . It was then that Dias realised that they had already passed the tip of Africa and had actually discovered the sea route to the East ......cpied from http://www.tanap.net/content/activities/documents/resolutions_Cape_of_Good_Hope/introduction_english/20.htm
Dias ... named it the "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas). It was later renamed by John II of Portugal as "Cape of Good Hope" (Cabo da Boa Esperança) because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East. copied from Wikipedia
Ce sont les Portugais qui ont donne le nom de Cap de Bonne Esperance (comme s'il yen avait aussi une mauvaise?) en 1486.
A la pointe sud de la peninsule, il y a en fait 2 petits caps: Bonne Esperance a l'ouest et Cape Point a l'est.
There in fact 2 capes at the top of the peninsula : Cape the Good Hope on the west and Cape Point on the east, as you can see on the pictures.
You should have seen the line to pose behind this sign; we did not have the courage to stand there and did not take the historical picture... we have ours at Cape Point, good enough.
Une longue file pour avoir le plaisir de poser derriere la plaque a laquelle nous n'avons pas eu envie de nous joindre.
QUIZ :
which location is the most southern - quel endroit est le plus austral:
Cape Town
Cape Point
Cape Aguilhas
Cape Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope? Bonne Esperance ? nope, que nenni.
Cape Point since it is a little tiny itsy bit more to the south? re-nope !
And the answer is ...... on one of the pictures I joined to this article ..... AGUILHAS, where we (I) absolutely want to go .
Comme quoi on nous raconte des carabistouilles....le Cap de Bonne Experance n'est PAS le point le plus austral de l'Afrique mais bien le Cap Aguilhas comme le montre une des photos de cet article.
Kaap die Goeie Hoop ... bestaat er dan ook Slechte Hoop ?
QUIZ en fin d'article.
In August 1486 the Portuguese navigator, Bartholomeu Dias, set sail from the Tagus River at Lisbon with his fleet of two small vessels and a cargo ship. The objective of his journey was to sail round the southern point of Africa in order find a seaway and a trade route to India . At Angra Pequena (now Lüderitzbucht , Namibia ) he erected a cross. Then a tremendous storm forced his ships off course and he and his crew did not reach land until they entered the bay, which is known today as Mossel Bay . It was then that Dias realised that they had already passed the tip of Africa and had actually discovered the sea route to the East ......cpied from http://www.tanap.net/content/activities/documents/resolutions_Cape_of_Good_Hope/introduction_english/20.htm
Dias ... named it the "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas). It was later renamed by John II of Portugal as "Cape of Good Hope" (Cabo da Boa Esperança) because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East. copied from Wikipedia
A la pointe sud de la peninsule, il y a en fait 2 petits caps: Bonne Esperance a l'ouest et Cape Point a l'est.
There in fact 2 capes at the top of the peninsula : Cape the Good Hope on the west and Cape Point on the east, as you can see on the pictures.
Cape of Good Hope as seen from Cape Point
Cap de Bonne Esperance, le vrai mais tellement unique
Cape Point seen from Cape of Good Hope
Depuis le Cap de B.E. on voit le Cape Point
Light house / phare on Cape Point
Again, Kaap die Goeie Hoop
En fleurs ce mois-ci ; jolie presentation
You should have seen the line to pose behind this sign; we did not have the courage to stand there and did not take the historical picture... we have ours at Cape Point, good enough.
Une longue file pour avoir le plaisir de poser derriere la plaque a laquelle nous n'avons pas eu envie de nous joindre.
QUIZ :
which location is the most southern - quel endroit est le plus austral:
Cape Town
Cape Point
Cape Aguilhas
Cape Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope? Bonne Esperance ? nope, que nenni.
Cape Point since it is a little tiny itsy bit more to the south? re-nope !
And the answer is ...... on one of the pictures I joined to this article ..... AGUILHAS, where we (I) absolutely want to go .
Comme quoi on nous raconte des carabistouilles....le Cap de Bonne Experance n'est PAS le point le plus austral de l'Afrique mais bien le Cap Aguilhas comme le montre une des photos de cet article.
Kaap die Goeie Hoop ... bestaat er dan ook Slechte Hoop ?
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