SA History. Antonio di Saldhana.
A few more episodes with Portuguese explorers have kept the pages of history. The first European who climb to the Table Mountain was Antonio de Saldhana and this happened in 1503.
As a man with "some naval experience," Saldhana was appointed head of a three-ship detachment, part of the fleet Afonso de Albuquerque, bound for India to fortify the Portuguese settlement in Cochin. Despite the fact that his task was to accompany the Indian fleet, he received separate instructions for patrolling the mouth of the Red Sea.
In early May 1503, a detachment of three Saldhana's ships (Rui Laurenco Ravasco and Diogo Fernandez Pereira) departed from Lisbon, intended to overtake the main fleet of Albuquerque, which was ahead. However, the pilot's mistakes led to the fact that the team mistakenly arrived in the Gulf of Guinea, Saldhana and Lorenzo, landed near Sao Tome and did not know where their third ship (Digo Fernandez was actually on the right track). The rest began to make their way south along the African coast, against the opposite winds and currents. Somewhere along the way, Saldhanf and Lorenzo also lost sight of each other.
Again, because of poor piloting, Saldhana miscalculated with the transition to the cape and ended up stopping north of the Cape of Good Hope. To check whether Cape was passed, Saldhana anchored in the unknown bay of Table Mountain and went ashore. Thus, Saldanha became the first European stepped into place, which was to become modern Cape Town. Saldhana climbed to the flat top of the mountain, adjacent to the bay and determined the tip of the cape (Cape Point) farther to the south. He gave the name to the peak of Table Mountain and (according to legend, he and his people) carved a cross in the rock of a nearby structure, traces of which can still be found on Lev's head today. Saldhana replenished the water reserves in the local pond (he also got into a short fight with the local Khoikhoi tribes and was slightly injured) before returning to his ship.
The Harbor of the Table Mountain was named Aguada de Saldanha by Portuguese cartographers of the 16th century.
As a man with "some naval experience," Saldhana was appointed head of a three-ship detachment, part of the fleet Afonso de Albuquerque, bound for India to fortify the Portuguese settlement in Cochin. Despite the fact that his task was to accompany the Indian fleet, he received separate instructions for patrolling the mouth of the Red Sea.
In early May 1503, a detachment of three Saldhana's ships (Rui Laurenco Ravasco and Diogo Fernandez Pereira) departed from Lisbon, intended to overtake the main fleet of Albuquerque, which was ahead. However, the pilot's mistakes led to the fact that the team mistakenly arrived in the Gulf of Guinea, Saldhana and Lorenzo, landed near Sao Tome and did not know where their third ship (Digo Fernandez was actually on the right track). The rest began to make their way south along the African coast, against the opposite winds and currents. Somewhere along the way, Saldhanf and Lorenzo also lost sight of each other.
Again, because of poor piloting, Saldhana miscalculated with the transition to the cape and ended up stopping north of the Cape of Good Hope. To check whether Cape was passed, Saldhana anchored in the unknown bay of Table Mountain and went ashore. Thus, Saldanha became the first European stepped into place, which was to become modern Cape Town. Saldhana climbed to the flat top of the mountain, adjacent to the bay and determined the tip of the cape (Cape Point) farther to the south. He gave the name to the peak of Table Mountain and (according to legend, he and his people) carved a cross in the rock of a nearby structure, traces of which can still be found on Lev's head today. Saldhana replenished the water reserves in the local pond (he also got into a short fight with the local Khoikhoi tribes and was slightly injured) before returning to his ship.
The Harbor of the Table Mountain was named Aguada de Saldanha by Portuguese cartographers of the 16th century.
Антонио ди Салдана
Еще несколько эпизодов с португальскими мореплавателями сохранили страницы истории. Первым европейцем совершившим восхождение на Столовую гору стал Антонио де Салдана и это произошло в 1503 году.
Будучи человеком имеющим «некоторый морской опыт», Салдана был назначен руководителем отряда из трех судов, части флота Афонса де Альбукерке, направлявшегося в Индию, чтобы укрепить португальское поселение в Кочине. Несмотря на то, что его задачей было сопровождение индийского флота, он получил отдельные инструкции для патрулирования устья Красного моря.
В начале мая 1503 года из Лиссабона отправился отряд трех кораблей Салдана (сам Руй Лоуренсо Раваско и Диогу Фернандес Перейра) намеревались догнать главный флот Альбукерке, который шел впереди. Однако ошибки лоцмана привели к тому что команда ошибочно пришла в Гвинейский залив, Салдана и Лоренсо, высадились около Сан-Томе и не представляли, где их третий корабль (Диго Фернандес на самом деле был на правильном пути). Остальные начали пробираться к югу вдоль африканского побережья, против противоположных ветров и течений. Где-то по пути Салдана и Лоренсо тоже потеряли друг друга из виду.
Кейптаун: Столовая бухта (слева), полуостров Кейп-Пойнт (справа) и Ложный залив (сзади)
Опять же, из-за плохого пилотирования, Салдана просчитался с переходом на мыс и закончил тем, что совершил остановку к северу от мыса Доброй Надежды. Чтобы проверить, был ли пройден мыс, Салдана встал на якорь в неизвестной до сих пор бухте Столовой Горы и вышел на берег. Таким образом, Салдана стал первым европейцем ступившим на место , что должно было стать современным Кейптауном. Салданья поднялся на плоскую вершину горы, прилегающую к бухте и определил кончик мыса (Кейп-Пойнт) дальше на юг. Он дал название назвал пику Столовой горы и (по преданию, он и его люди) вырезал крест в скале близлежащего строения, следы которого все еще можно найти на голове Льва сегодня. Салдана пополнил запасы воды в местном водоеме (он также попал в короткую схватку с местными племенами Khoikhoi и был слегка ранен) прежде чем вернуться на свой корабль.
Гавань Столовой Горы была названа Aguada de Saldanha португальскими картографами 16-го века.
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