Cabo da Boa Esperança (English spelling)

Japanese: Cabo da Boa Esperança(英語表記)CabodaBoaEsperanca
Cabo da Boa Esperança (English spelling)

…A small protrusion at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula that extends south of Cape Town (the tip of the peninsula is called Cape Point), with horizontal layers of hard sandstone surrounding a sea cliff about 30 meters high. After the Portuguese B. Dias arrived there in 1488, it was feared by navigators under the name of "Stormy Cape Cabo Tormentoso", but it is said that the Portuguese king renamed it "Cape of Good Hope Cabo da Boa Esperança" when Vasco da Gama opened a sea route to India in 1497-99. This name was later translated into the respective languages ​​of the Dutch and British during the colonial period. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cabo da Boa Esperança" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ケープ・タウンの南側にのびるケープ半島の南端の小突起部(半島の先端はケープ・ポイントと呼ばれる)で,硬質砂岩の水平層が約30mの海食崖をめぐらす。1488年ポルトガル人B.ディアスの到達後,〈あらしの岬Cabo Tormentoso〉の名で航海者たちに恐れられていたが,ポルトガル王が97‐99年のバスコ・ダ・ガマによるインド航路の開拓を機に〈喜望岬Cabo da Boa Esperança〉と改名したといわれる。この名はその後,オランダやイギリスの植民時代にも,それぞれの国語に訳されて引き継がれてきた。…

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