What is cape of God Hope? Who ned it?
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Bartolomeu Dias
The Cape was originally named the Cape of Storms in the 1480s by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias. It was later renamed to Good Hope to attract more people to the Cape Sea Route that passed the southern coast of Africa.
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The Cape of Good Hope is a headland on the Atlantic coast side of South Africa. ... It was later renamed, by King John II of Portugal, the Cape of Good Hope because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East.
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