Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.

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South African History Online. (2012, May 25). Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083910

South African History Online (2012) 'Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.', South African History Online, 25 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083910 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

South African History Online, Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083910, (accessed 26 September 2026).

"Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.." South African History Online, 25 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083910. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.." South African History Online. May 25, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083910.