<P> In the Early Modern Era , the first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias on 12 March 1488 , who named it the `` Cape of Storms '' ( Cabo das Tormentas ) . It was later renamed by John II of Portugal as `` Cape of Good Hope '' ( Cabo da Boa Esperança ) because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East . </P>
<P> In the Early Modern Era , the first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias on 12 March 1488 , who named it the `` Cape of Storms '' ( Cabo das Tormentas ) . It was later renamed by John II of Portugal as `` Cape of Good Hope '' ( Cabo da Boa Esperança ) because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East . </P>
what was the original name of the cape of good hope
what was the original name of the cape of good hope
`` Cape of Storms ''
`` Cape of Storms ''