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Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern
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South African History Online. (2011, December 14). Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071620
South African History Online (2011) 'Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern', South African History Online, 14 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071620 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071620, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern." South African History Online, 14 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071620. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern." South African History Online. December 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071620.
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