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the captain's throat if he attempted to sail farther. Beyond this they thought was the edge of the world, which they too believed was flat; and fearing that their ship would sail over the brink of it, they compelled
Captain Dias, their commander, to retrace his course, all being only too glad to get home. A year later, we are told, Vasco da Gama sailed successfully round the "Cape of Storms," as the Cape of Good Hope was then called, and discovered Natal on Christmas or Natal day; hence the name. From this point the way to India was easy with the help of Arab and Indian fishermen.
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Portuguese navigators, endowed with patience, were more than sixty-nine years struggling to round this cape before they got as far as Algoa Bay, and there the crew mutinied. They landed on a small island, now called Santa Cruz, where they devoutly set up the cross, and swore they would cut
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Algoa Bay became prominent for three reasons. Firstly, it was the point at which
Bartolomeu Dias realized that he had opened the maritime route to the East for global trade, thereby enabling Portugal to become the worlds first global maritime superpower. Secondly, the mountain ranges around Algoa
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African penguin in the bay has been increasing steadily during the last century. “There are only a few growing colonies in the world, and it is thought that these birds may be relocating here from colonies that are in decline in the Western Cape or farther afield.
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for seven months until one of their number, a carpenter, was able to make a boat for them. The survivors subsisted primarily on fish, birds and eggs until they were able to reach land. The ship was carrying a significant quantity of gold and silver, some of which was illegally salvaged in more
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The BirdLife fact sheet adds that 14 species of seabirds, several species of shorebirds and 33 species of terrestrial birds have been recorded on the islands. Eight seabird species were known to breed on the islands in 2007. “These are the only islands off southern mainland Africa where Sterna
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The St. Croix group and a 300 m (980 ft) maritime zone around each island became South Africa’s island marine reserve in 1981 and were administered as part of the then-Woody Cape Nature
Reserve. Up to then, the islands had fallen under the control of the Guano Islands section of the
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Province, managed the islands after April 1992 according to BirdLife. The Woody Cape reserve was subsequently incorporated into the Addo
National Elephant Park, which boasts that it is home to Africa’s “big seven” – the elephant, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, buffalo and the
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Bay, became a navigational landmark for rounding the treacherous
Agulhas Bank on the route to the East, thereby depicting the midway point on the route to Goa, India (agoa means to Goa). Thirdly, Algoa Bay became known as a landing place for potable water.
712:), Seal Island and Stag Island lie in close proximity some 40 km (25 mi) east of the St Croix group or 53 km (33 mi) due east of Port Elizabeth and 7 km (4.3 mi) from the nearest landfall at Woody Cape – part of the
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European to reach Algoa Bay in 1488, where he planted a wooden cross on a small island now called St Croix or Santa Cruz island. He gave the bay a name meaning "Bay of the Rock", which was changed in Portugal to
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containers have been found in the area between Cape St
Francis and Bird Island out to depths of 400 m (1,300 ft). Trawlers should exercise the greatest caution."
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a huge threat to the seabirds of the St. Croix group. The development would result in increased pollution and shipping activity, which would affect all breeding
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1629:Grosse Bucht
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1994:Swartstraat
1979:Spencer Bay
1974:Somnaasbaai
1964:Sodwana Bay
1909:Rooiwalbaai
1754:Lambert Bay
1749:Kiwaiyu Bay
1699:Henties Bay
1549:Durissa Bay
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1479:Bosluisbaai
1449:Betty’s Bay
1404:Bay of Aseb
1284:Arab's Gulf
1249:Algiers Bay
1234:Abu Qir Bay
1186:Alboran Sea
955:GoogleEarth
888:negatively.
782:Cape gannet
754:dougallii (
733:Chenopodium
703:Bird Island
695: /
670:Bird Island
563: /
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317:mustard gas
302:mustard gas
192:Settlements
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108:Coordinates
2204:Categories
2144:Historical
2019:Walker Bay
2014:Ungama Bay
1989:Struisbaai
1969:Sofala Bay
1944:Sierra Bay
1834:Mossel Bay
1804:Markusbaai
1799:Maputo Bay
1779:Luanda Bay
1774:Lobito Bay
1769:Loango Bay
1744:Kalawy Bay
1709:Horingbaai
1554:Elands Bay
1539:Doringbaai
1509:Chwaka Bay
1444:Bera’esoli
1414:Bay of Edd
1384:Bandombaai
1024:(1): 9–19.
981:2007-12-03
942:References
739:Bathymetry
729:Tetragonia
701: (
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679:33°50′26″S
650:Doddington
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1999:Table Bay
1959:Slangbaai
1954:Skurfbaai
1904:Roode Bay
1859:Pipas Bay
1854:Pemba Bay
1849:Oran Gulf
1814:Menai Bay
1809:Memba Bay
1794:Manza Bay
1724:Hydra Bay
1604:Farta Bay
1599:False Bay
1259:Ambas Bay
1254:Algoa Bay
1130:Algoa Bay
929:Kwaaihoek
912:crude oil
874:aluminium
790:Kelp Gull
547:33°49′3″S
511:St. Croix
323:Geography
212:Algoa Bay
92:Algoa Bay
49:Afrikaans
42:Algoabaai
35:Algoa Bay
2004:Thysbaai
1899:Rock Bay
1869:Platbaai
1844:Noopbaai
1839:Möwebaai
1819:Meob Bay
1764:Langbaai
1759:Lamu Bay
1689:Hann Bay
1614:Foul Bay
1519:Cuio Bay
1474:Bootbaai
1227:and bays
1179:and seas
1082:. Juta.
923:See also
886:seabirds
721:BirdLife
663:marooned
346:Gqeberha
231:Gqeberha
196:Gqeberha
2043:Straits
2034:Yof Bay
1719:Hurdiyo
1211:Red Sea
899:anchovy
744:Ecology
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241:History
176:Islands
121:25°50′E
118:33°50′S
1177:Oceans
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916:bilge
863:whale
659:India
655:Dover
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432:Coega
381:Coega
358:Coega
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159:Basin
2146:seas
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