The first European to sight the Cape of Good Hope was Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias in 1488. He led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope. Dias is thought to have departed from Portugal in 1487 as he began his voyage along the African coast. Because of stormy weather, he actually rounded the cape but did not see it; he sighted the cape on his return trip to Portugal. (For a map of his journey, see Bartolomeu Dias.)
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