The Short History of Cape Town's Table Mountain
Cape Town in western Cape has a long history of human settlements. Local people used to live by by hunting, fishing, agriculture and by saving roots. This people are the ancestors of Khoisan, Bushmen and the Khoikhoi.
[The Table Mountain from the Sea]
[The View of the City from the Mountain]
Before european settlement the locals (Hottentot) use to do trading with Bantu-speaking people with cattle and marijuanaa. When europeans started their settlement in this area Hottentot people worked as brokers and did trading between Europeans and the Xhosa tribes in the east.
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[The V&A Waterfront]
Bartholomeus Dias the Porttuguese sailor find the sea route to the East. As per historians Dias was the one who named the peninsula as Cabo Tormentosa which means Cape of Storms and later Vasco da Gama altered this place to Cabo da Boa Esperanca which means Cape of Good Hope because they felt it brought hope that it is possible to a sea route to the East was possible. After 10 years Vasco Da Gama completed the sea route to India from Portugal via Cape opening trade between East and the Europe.
[The Sunset from the Mountain]
Antonio de Saldanha and his crew was the
the first europeans to climb Taboa do Cabo (Table Mountain), the name was given becasue of its shape.
Cape Town is a beautiful city in an even more amazing country. I've just returned from a trip there and was stunned by the contrast between city and the natural environment. The other cool contrast, Europe meets Africa... and it's as far from Europe you can get on the African continent.
I missed going up to Table Mountain but even from the bottom one can really appreciate how impressive it is. Thanks for the article!
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Awesome post! I love the photos, I can't believe how beautiful that sunset is!
Definitely on my bucket list! I guess I need to take time off from my job for several years ;-) Great shots
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