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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a route to India.
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- 01Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1979). Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika; verwerk en bygewerk deur D.W. Kruger; 3de bygewerkte uitg., Goodwood, Cape Town: NASOU, p. 9.
- 02https://www.fordham.edu/
- 03https://www.andibradley.com/
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, November 21). Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a route to India.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069909
South African History Online (2011) 'Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a route to India.', South African History Online, 21 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069909 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
South African History Online, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a route to India. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069909, (accessed 7 August 2026).
"Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a route to India.." South African History Online, 21 Nov. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069909. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a route to India.." South African History Online. November 21, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069909.
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