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Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 6.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, December 14). Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071315
South African History Online (2011) 'Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout', South African History Online, 14 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071315 (Accessed: 13 November 2026).
South African History Online, Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071315, (accessed 13 November 2026).
"Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout." South African History Online, 14 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071315. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout." South African History Online. December 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071315.
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