Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern
Date: 6 January, 1498
Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern Africans, after having encountered Hottentots (Khoi-Khoi) earlier on 7 November 1497, at St. Helena Bay.
References
- Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau