In 1488, Explorer Bartolomeu Dias discovered this.
Australia
Cape of Good Hope
Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
Cape of Good Hope. King John II of Portugal sent Dias to explore the African coast to discover a way to the Indian Ocean.
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