Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in another source a

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01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p. 33

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South African History Online. (2012, May 18). Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in another source a. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083430

South African History Online (2012) 'Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in another source a', South African History Online, 18 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083430 (Accessed: 13 November 2026).

South African History Online, Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in another source a [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083430, (accessed 13 November 2026).

"Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in another source a." South African History Online, 18 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083430. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in another source a." South African History Online. May 18, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083430.