Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to set foot in South Africa when he landed at Mossel Bay on February 3, 1488. I contemplated this feat at the Mossel Bay Museum (diasmuseum.co.za), where the ...

In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias became the first seafarer to round the southern ... symbolising the spirit of seafaring and the introduction of grapevines to South Africa. about the harvest: Mourvedre grapes ...