Question

What is the history of Cape Town?​

Answer 1

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The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was '||Hui!Gais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoe language meaning "where clouds gather."

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Answer 2

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The first Europeans to discover the Cape were the Portuguese. ... The next recorded European sighting of the Cape was by Vasco da Gama in 1497 while he was searching for a route that would lead directly from Europe to Asia. Table Mountain was given its name in 1503 by António de Saldanha, a Portuguese admiral and explorer.