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Period: Nov 1, 1480 to
South Africa
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Dec 4, 1487
Bartolomeu Dias discovers the southen part africa
In 1487, the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias became the first European known to have reached southern Africa.[20] On 4 December, he landed at Walfisch Bay (now known as Walvis Bay in present-day Namibia). This was south of the furthest point reached in 1485 by his predecessor, the Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão (Cape Cross, north of the bay). Dias continued down the western cost of southern Africa. After 8 January 1488, prevented by storms from proceeding along the coast, he sailed out of si -
May 1, 1488
Cape of Good Hope
in May 1488 on his return Dias saw the Cape, which he first named Cabo das Tormentas (Cape of Storms). His King, John II, renamed the point Cabo da Boa Esperança or Cape of Good Hope, as it led to the riches of the East Indies. -
The first white settelments
The first permanent white settlement began 1652 when the Dutch East India Company established a provisioning station on the Cape. In subsequent decades, French Huguenot refugees, the Dutch, and Germans began to settle in the Cape. Collectively, they form the Afrikaner segment of today's population. -
extensions of settlements.. War between the dutch and the Xhosa
By 1779, European settlements extended throughout the southern part of the Cape and east toward the Great Fish River. It was here that Dutch authorities and the Xhosa fought the first Cape Frontier war
