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The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. It was a popular tourist attraction and being the extreme eastern tip of the Africa continent, it was a major milestone in the attempts by the Portuguese to establish direct trade relations with the Far East.As one of the great capes of the South Atlantic 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." It is a major milestone on the clipper route followed by clipper ships 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. Just prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa, the term referred to the entire region that was to become the Cape Province in 1910.
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好望角”一名的由来有着多种说法。最常见的说法有两种：一说为迪亚士1488年12月回到里斯本后，向若昂二世陈述了“风暴角”的见闻，若昂二世认为绕过这个海角，就有希望到达梦寐以求的印度，因此将“风暴角”改名为“好望角”；另一种说法是达·伽马自印度满载而归后，当时的葡王才将“风暴角”易名为“好望角”，以示绕过此海角就带来了好运。“好望角”，英文是"Cape of Good Hope"，意思是“美好希望的海角”，是非洲西南端非常著名的岬角，位于34°21′25‘’S，18°29′51‘’E处。北距开普敦52千米。因多暴风雨，海浪汹涌，故最初称为“风暴角”。1939年这里成为自然保护区，好望角东方2千米处，设有一座灯塔。
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