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The Cape of Good Hope ( on the Atlantic coast of South Africa . There is a very common misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa but this is not the case. The most southerly point is about 150 Kilometre s (90 Mi ) farther to the south-east, at Cape Agulhas . It can be argued, however, that it is at the Cape of Good Hope that the persistent southerly extension of the African coast relents for the first time anywhere south of the equator and so the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope in 1498 was a major psychological and geographic milestone in the attempts by the Portuguese to establish a sea route to the Far East . As one of the Great Capes of the Southern Ocean , the Cape of Good Hope has been of special significance to sailors for many years and is widely referred to by them simply as The Cape. ''Along the Clipper Way'', Francis Chichester; page 78. Hodder & Stoughton, 1966. ISBN 0-340-00191-7 The Cape is a major milestone on the Clipper Route followed by Clipper Ship s to the Far East and Australia and still followed by several offshore Yacht Races . The term Cape of Good Hope was also used to indicate the early Cape Colony established in 1652 in the vicinity of the Cape Peninsula and just prior to the formation of the Union Of South Africa it meant the entire region that was to become the Cape Province in 1910 . GEOGRAPHY .]] |
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