Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and

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South African History Online. (2011, November 7). Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069199

South African History Online (2011) 'Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and', South African History Online, 7 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069199 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).

South African History Online, Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069199, (accessed 24 September 2026).

"Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and." South African History Online, 7 Nov. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069199. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and." South African History Online. November 7, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069199.