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Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was
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- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 313
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, December 5). Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070499
South African History Online (2011) 'Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was', South African History Online, 5 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070499 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070499, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was." South African History Online, 5 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070499. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was." South African History Online. December 5, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070499.
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