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  1. Who discovered Cape of Good Hope in 1488 ?
    1. Magellan
    2. Columbus
    3. Bartholomew Dias
    4. Vasco da gama
Correct Option: C

Bartholomew Dias, a Portuguese voyager, discovered the Cape of Good Hope in Africa in December 1487. He had named the Cape “the Cape of Storms” (Cabo das Tormentas), but King John II of Portugal later renamed it Cabo de Boa Esperanca (Cape of Good Hope).



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