what was the original name of the cape of good hope
Cape of Good Hope In the Early Modern Era, the first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias on 12 March 1488, who named it the "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas). It was later renamed by John II of Portugal as "Cape of Good Hope" (Cabo da Boa EsperanÃ§a) because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East.