Archaeologists think they have identified the ship that took Vasco da Gama on his final journey ... ocean and the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of Africa.

Vasco da Gama, a pioneering explorer, sailed from Europe to the Indian Ocean in 1497, with his ship being the first to go round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. Then ...

Extending south from Cape Town is the Cape of Good Hope, the peninsula that divides the Atlantic Ocean and False Bay (featuring numerous beautiful beaches as a result). Formerly an independent ...

Vasco Da Gama Pilla at Malindi in Kilifi County ... and one was built at the Cape of Good Hope but it went down,” she said. She added that the pillar is the only remaining monument and according ...

This star-shaped fortress at the heart of Cape Town is the oldest surviving building in South Africa. Constructed in the late 17th century by the Dutch East India Company, the Castle of Good Hope ...