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MR. S. A. MUMFORD, of Tresta, Farley, Salisbury, Wilts., has written stating that the voyage of Bartholomew Diaz, when he touched the south coast of Cape Colony, is usually quoted as having taken place between August 1486 and December 1487, whereas in our “Calendar of Geographical Discovery”(NATTTBB, vol. 129, p. 177, Jan. 30, 1932), a note on the voyage appears under the date Feb. 3, 1488. The date given in our columns is based on a marginal note, probably by Christopher Columbus himself, on folio 13 of a copy of Pierre D'Ailly's “Imago Mundi”, which fixes Diaz's return to Lisbon in the month of December 1488. The writer says he was present at Diaz's interview with the King of Portugal when the explorer's chart was shown and discussed. The “Imago Mundi” is at present in the Colombina at Seville.
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Bartholomew Diaz off Cape Colony. Nature 130, 660 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130660a0
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