Who was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope?

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Bartholomew Diaz was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. Prince Henry was a Portuguese prince who sponsored expeditions, but did not personally round the Cape. Ferdinand Magellan is known for being the first to circumnavigate the globe, but he did not round the Cape of Good Hope on that journey. Vasco da Gama also rounded the Cape of Good Hope, but several years after Diaz.

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