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Algoa Bay
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A wide, shallow bay of South Africa, 436 m. E. from the Cape of Good Hope, bounded W. by Cape Recife, E. by Cape Padrone. St Croix Island in the bay is in 33° 47' S. 25° 46' E. On this island Bartholomew Diaz made his second landing in South Africa some time after the 3rd of February 1488, and from the cross which he is thought to have erected on it the island gets its name. Algoa Bay was the first landing-place of the British emigrants to the eastern province of Cape Colony in 1820. At a spot 6 m. N.E. of Cape Recife these emigrants founded a town, Port Elizabeth, its harbour being sheltered from all winds save the S.E. By seafarers "Algoa Bay" is used as synonymous with Port Elizabeth.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Algoa Bay'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/algoa-bay.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Algoa Bay'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/algoa-bay.html. 1910.
