But the King of Portugal thought that now there was good hope of reaching India by sea.

So he changed the name to Cape of Good Hope.

Ten years later a brave Portuguese sailor, Vasco da Gama, actually reached India by the Cape of Good Hope, and returned safely to Portugal (1497).
[Sidenote: Columbus and his beliefs.

_Higginson, 31-35; Eggleston, 1-3; American History Leaflets_, No.

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