Place details
Place nameGood Hope, Cape of
Other namesCape of Good Hope, Gooie Hoop, Kaap die, Kaap die Gooie Hoop, Goede Hoop, Kaap de, Guten Hoffnung, Kap der, Bon Espérance, Cap de, Buena Esperanza, Cabo de, Cabo da Boa Esperaça, Cabo Tormentoso
CountrySouth Africa
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Rounded for the first time in 1488 by Bartholomew Dias who called it Cabo Tormentoso meaning "Cape of Storms"; circled by Vasco da Gama in 1497 en route to India.