Maritime Museum - Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex - Mossel Bay, South Africa
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Mossel Bay's Maritime Museum houses a replica of the Caravel in which Bartolomeu Dias became the first European navigator to round the cape, and which he sailed into Mossel Bay for the first time on 3 February, 1488.
Waymark Code: WMJJ28
Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Date Posted: 11/22/2013
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The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex, consisting of four different Museums, seven National Monuments and extensive indigenous gardens, receives over 250 000 visitors per year. A visit to the Museum Complex is a fascinating and colourful journey through the past.
A life-size replica of the Bartolomeu Dias Caravel was built in Portugal and sailed to Mossel Bay in 1988 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the landing of the original Dias Caravel, sailed by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488. At the Maritime Museum, visitors may board the 130 ton ship and explore the intricate wooden decks. The replica was named Bartolomeu Dias after the Portuguese explorer.
The Maritime Museum has collections of model ships, maps, diaporamas and paintings depicting the age of sail and exploration along the Western Cape coastline.
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