SOUTH AFRICA

Cape of Good Hope was discovered and doubled for the first time, in 1488, by the Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Diaz, who called it "Cape of Storms" (or "Cabo Tormentoso"). The name of Cape of Good Hope (Cabo da Esperança Bõa) was instead given by King John II of Portugal, he hopes that the discovery of the Cape will open a new trade route to reach Asia by sea. The Cape of Good Hope was once doubled by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama in 1497, when he could for the first time reach Asia circumnavigating Africa.

Cape of Good Hope (34° 21’ 29 " south and 18° 28’ 19’’ east), lies at about 30 km from Cape Town, is the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, but does not represent the southernmost point of African continent, record held by the Cape Agulhas, which is located about 150 km more southeast.

Climate: the zone of the Cape of Good Hope has a Mediterranean climate with dry and hot summers and cold and wet winters. Winter, which runs from May to August is the season of rain, cold fronts come from the Atlantic Ocean and bring intense rainfall, but the amount of rainfall varies considerably, while in the valleys and coastal plains the average remains low, around 500 mm per annum, in the mountainous areas annual average reach 1500 mm. Temperatures are pretty cold in winter with average minimum temperatures of 7°C, but if the weather is good, matter not too infrequent, daytime temperatures can exceed 20°C. In summer, which runs from November to February, is hot and dry with average maximum temperatures around 26°C.

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The power of the Ocean Atlantic waves in front of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Diaz Beach, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

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