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Bantu-speaking peoples complete five centuries of migration …
Years: 1492 - 1503
Bantu-speaking peoples complete five centuries of migration into the regions of present South Africa, the southwest portions of which are still occupied by San and Khoikhoi hunters and gatherers, the earliest known inhabitants.
Europeans begin to reconnoiter Southern Africa.
Vasco da Gama’s four-ship expedition, en route to India, rounds the Cape of Good Hope.
Pedro Cabral, resuming his journey east from Brazil, also successfully rounds the Cape of Good Hope en route to India.
Antonio da Saldanha becomes the first European to reach the summit of the Cape region’s Table Mountain.
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- India, Medieval
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Age of Discovery
- Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
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Years: 1492 - 1503
People
Groups
Topics
- India, Medieval
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Age of Discovery
- Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions