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KEVYNWEBER PROOF SILVER R2 SET
2009 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
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Origin/Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
Design Description:
Item Description:
S2R 2009 S.africa CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Grade:
NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner:
KEVYNWEBER
Winning Set:
KEVYNWEBER PROOF SILVER R2 SET
Date Added:
9/7/2017
Research:
See NGC's Census Report for this Coin
Owner's Description
According to Wkipedia it is a common misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa. This misconception was based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Contemporary scientific knowledge instead states the southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas about 150 kilometres (90 mi) to the east-southeast.[2] The currents of the two oceans meet at the point where the warm-water Agulhas current meets the cold water Benguela current and turns back on itself. That oceanic meeting point fluctuates between Cape Agulhas and Cape Point (about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the Cape of Good Hope).
When following the western side of the African coastline from the equator, however, the Cape of Good Hope marks the point where a ship begins to travel more eastward than southward. Thus, the first modern rounding of the cape in 1488 by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was a milestone in the attempts by the Portuguese to establish direct trade relations with the Far East (although Herodotus mentioned a claim that the Phoenicians had done so far earlier). Dias called the cape Cabo das Tormentas ("Cape of Storms"; Dutch: Stormkaap), which was the original name of the "Cape of Good Hope".
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