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230 in the search. Thirty years after his death, the riddle was solved.

THE WORLD OF COLUMBUS

In the year 1486 Bartholomew Diaz, trying to find the land of Prester John by sea, had reached the southernmost point of Africa. At first he called it the Storm Cape, on account of the strong winds which had prevented him from continuing his