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The inlet was the one known ever since as Angra Pequena or Little Bay. A more desolate country than that on which the weary seamen landed could hardly be, and there was no sign of human life as far as they wandered. Before he left, Dias set up a marble cross some six or seven feet in height, as a token that he had taken possession of the land for his king. For nearly three hundred and fifty years that cross stood there above the dreary waste just as the brave Portuguese explorer planted it. Then some thoughtless persons broke it down to look for treasure beneath it, and now its fragments are in the museum of Lisbon. The place where it stood so long is called Pedestal Point.
From Angra Pequena Dias tried to keep the coast in sight as he sailed southward, but for the first five days the wind was contrary, and he could not make much headway. Then a storm arose, and for thirteen days the little vessels were driven before it, but in the right direction, for the 'wind was from the north. As soon as the gale abated, the course was changed to the east, with a view of reaching the coast again.
After sailing a long time without seeing land, Dias began to think that he must have passed the end of the continent, and so he turned the prows of his ships northward. He was right in his conjecture, for after a while he came in 'sight of the coast, and to his great joy found it trending away to the east. The exact spot where he made the land cannot be stated, but it was one of the curves in the seaboard between Cape Agulhas and the Knysna. Large herds of cattle were seen, which the natives drove inland with haste, as they seemed in terror of the ships. It was not found possible to open any intercourse with the wild people.
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- Publication date2024
- ISBN 10 1527750019
- ISBN 13 9781527750012
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages279
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