Cape Point, The Cape of Good Hope and the Legend of The Flying Dutchman

Cape Point, The Cape of Good Hope and the Legend of The Flying Dutchman

Cape of Good Hope Cape Point what makes them so famous to the point of even giving birth to the famous legend of the Flying Dutchman around the 1600s why was the Cape of Good Hope renamed from the Cape of the storms you try to go out and BR me in

The windes you know what I mean and how did it affect Sailors and their ships lots of ships that have crashed here about 22 these are the remains of some of them join us on this adventure and find Out since both cap point and the Cape of Good Hope are well known and quite close to each other we’ll be exploring both with you in this Video Cape points has often been regarded as the most famous cape in the world it has always represent presented a danger to Sailors and the ships since the day the Portuguese explorer bolom Dias first cited it in 1488 more than 500 years ago Cape Point is located in the Cape of

Good Hope Nature Reserve within Table Mountain National Park the park includes the Majestic table mountain chain that stretches from Signal Hill to Cape Point and the coastlines of the cape Peninsula many people wrongly believe that K point is the southernmost up of Africa but that title belongs to cap galus about

150 km or 90 Mi to the east Southeast we have a dedicated video on cap a Galis and we’ll link to it in the description below or at the end of this video so watch That this is a restaurant called two oceans restaurant and they have little nukes that hides you from the wind and it’s many of them like one here other one there it’s a beautiful view wow it’s really pretty how they did it and the ocean is right there and and the

Mountains it’s just so gorgeous we are going to our first stop Cape Point Lighthouse the ficula we are about to take was named after the local Legend The Flying Dutchman it will transport us from the car park to see the ligh basically now the lighthouse and we going to go

One of these cars called fular and it’s like a rail yeah like train believed to be the only commercial finicula of its type in Africa it leaves every 3 minutes carrying 40 passengers at a time running from a lower station at the cap Point car park it will take

Us up an incline through dense fine boss vegetation to the upper lighthouse Way down there and we could have Ved all the way the wind is crazy we could have Ved all the way up here but instead we came get we could have walked all the way up here but instead we decided to take on that trip come on one of those cars

Because it’s way cooler so now we are just going to walk to the lighthouse because this is such a high point it’s very windy here like very very windy you try to go out and W Me In The Wind PES you know what I mean it’s really hard to walk as you go

Up because gravity and the wind pushes you down located about 2.3 km from the Cape of Good Hope its history is more tragic than you may think shipwrecks were already a concern in The Capes since the 1400s in 1859 a lighthouse was built to help the sailors but it caused more harm than

Good it was built on the peak the summit of Cape Point 230 m above sea level this was too high and was not visible enough causing the ships to approach too close and crash on the rocks it was only after SS lania had been wrecked nearby in 1911 that a

Proposal to build a new Lighthouse at a lower altitude was finally accepted in 1914 this Lighthouse was built at a lower level to replace the old one this one is also the most powerful lighthouse on the South African Coast despite the name this Lusitania had nothing to do with the one sunk by

Germany this one here was a Portuguese twin screw ocean liner of 5,557 tons it was built in 1906 by Sir raon Dixon and Company and it was owned by impresa national the navigation this is a famous lighthouse wow it’s like a wind the water down there it’s beautiful it’s APR as you can see there are lots of ships that have crashed here about 22 these are the remains of some of them there are many rocks here as you could see so that caed a lot of presses back then now we’re going to our next stop

The Cape of Good Hope was originally named the Cape of Storms On March the 12th 1488 the Portuguese explorer bolom Dias first cited the cape on his way to India he named it Cape of storms due to the frequent storms coming from the southwest and also a 5 knots current that sweeps up the waves to dangerous Heights and creates giant

Rollers after bolum udas went back to Portugal he delivered the news to the king J II the king renamed the Cape of storms to Cape of Good Hope the new name symbolized the opening of the sea route to the East and now India could be reached by sea from

Europe 10 years later in 1498 an expedition led by Vasco de Gama reached India naming It Good Hope did not change the fact that even the most experienced Sailors feared these Waters after many shipwrecks had taken place there it stole the lives of many people on board of all these shipwrecks the most famous story is the story of the Flying

Dutchman a ship lost in a severe store near the cape although it’s difficult to trace a legend and we can’t confirm if the ship indeed existed it is said that in 1641 a Dutch gallion charted by the Dutch East India Company sank off the coast of the Cape of Good Hope during a

Devastating storm neither vessel or crew including its Captain a Dutchman who was thought to be hendrik fer Deen was found after that many sailors claimed to have seen the Flying Dutchman flying on thin air without touching the surface of the sea on July 11th 1881 Young Prince

George who had 30 years later become King George V and his older brother Prince Albert Victor were on board the HMS bachant sailing off the coast of Australia at 4:00 a.m. the crew claimed to be surprised by the pance of the Flying Dutchmen as Sailors at that time were very superstitious Maritime disasters

Were often attributed to the Flying Dutchman which supposedly pushed ships against underwater rocks nowadays we know that apparitions are caused by a phenomenon that creates mirages on the sea Surface this happens when light bends due to different air temperatures it’s like the Mirage we see on asphalt when it’s very hot the curvature of the Earth causes the light to bend at the perfect point for the Mirage to create a magnifying glass and reflects ships that

Are far away making them appear much larger and closer and even upside down the Mirage creates a floating illusion as if the ships were flying in the air now you can understand the name The Flying Dutchman but of course at that time people didn’t have this type of

Knowledge and the legend became popular even turned into a book and later on ending up on your Television [Applause] The

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*Time Stamps*
00:00:00 – Intro
00:36:10 – Cape Point + It’s History
02:11:06 – Taking the Cape Point Funicular to the Lighthouse
03:21:23 – Walking up to the Cape Point Lighthouse
04:02:04 – The tragic history of Cape Point’s Lighthouse
06:22:08 – 22 Shipwrecks at the Cape Peninsula
06:43:11 – Cape of Good Hope or Cape of The Storms?
08:25:11 – The Legend of The Flying Dutchman
09:53:05 – Scientific Explanation for the apparitions

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*About Cape Point*
Many people mistakenly believe that Cape Point is the southern tip of Africa,
but that title belongs to Cape Agulhas, about 150 kilometers to the east-southeast.
Considered by many to be the most famous Cape in the world, Cape Point has always represented a danger to sailors and their ships, since the day Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias first spotted it in 1488, more than 500 years ago.
Cape Point Lighthouse is just over 2 kilometers from the Cape of Good Hope and its story is more tragic than you might think.
Shipwrecks had been a concern on the cape since the 1400s.
In 1859 a lighthouse was built to help sailors, but it caused more damage than anything else; They built it on Pico Da Gama, which is on the summit of Cape Point, 238m above sea level, which was very high and difficult to see,
It was only after the SS Lusitania was wrecked nearby in 1911 that the proposal to build a new lighthouse at a lower altitude was finally accepted.

*About The Cape of Good Hope*

On March 12, 1488, the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias saw the cape for the first time on his way to India and gave it the name Cabo das Tormentas due to the frequent storms coming from the Southwest and also to a 4-knot current that creates waves giant and dangerous sweepers.
As soon as Bartolomeu Dias returned to Portugal and told King João II about his find, Joãozinho thought it best to rename the Cape of Storms to the Cape of Good Hope because it symbolized the opening of the sea route to the east, and now India could be reached by sea from Europe.
Renaming it “Boa Esperança” did nothing to change the fact that even the most experienced sailors feared these waters, after many shipwrecks had occurred here that took the lives of many people on board.

*About The Flying Dutchman*
Of all these shipwrecks, the most famous is the story of the Flying Dutchman; a ship doomed to sail the oceans forever after being lost in a severe storm near the Cape.

Although it is difficult to trace a legend and we cannot confirm whether the ship actually existed, it is said that in 1641 a Dutch galleon, chartered by the Dutch East India Company, sank off the coast of the Cape of Good Hope during a devastating storm and neither ship nor crew, including their captain, a Dutchman whose name varies between Bernard Fokke and Hendrick Van der Decken, were found.
After that, many sailors claimed to have seen the Flying Dutchman, floating in the air, without touching the waters.
On July 11, 1881, the young Prince George, who 30 years later would become the King of the United Kingdom, King George the Fifth, and his older brother, Prince Albert Victor, were aboard HMS Bacchante sailing off the coast of Australia.
At 4 am, the crew claimed to be surprised by the appearance of the ghost ship.
As sailors at that time were very superstitious, maritime disasters were also attributed to the Flying Dutchman who allegedly drove ships into rocks and coral.
Nowadays, we know that such apparitions were caused by a phenomenon that causes mirages on the surface of the sea.
This happens when light bends due to different air temperatures.
It’s like that mirage we see on the asphalt when it’s very hot.
But of course, at that time, people didn’t have this type of knowledge and the legend became popular, even being turned into a book, and later, ending up on your television.

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