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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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- 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: 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 Aug. 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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