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	Also a reference to the {{wp\|Cape_of_good_hope\|Cape of Good Hope}}, so named because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East - and the fact that you had to hope you survived going round it as the weather was and is so treacherous. The first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 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).		Also a reference to the {{wp\|Cape_of_good_hope\|Cape of Good Hope}}, so named because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East - and the fact that you had to hope you survived going round it as the weather was and is so treacherous. The first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 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).

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	To get to [[Ghat]] by boat from [[Ankh-Morpork]] you must go via [[Cape Terror]]. Sir [[Samuel Vimes]] sent the [[Assassins' Guild\|Assassin]] the Hon [[Eustace Bassingly-Gore]] that way in chains. The terror is inspired by the fact that this is the closest point on the main continent to the [[rim]], but unfortunately, all sea traffic between the whole [[Circle Sea]] area (including Ankh-Morpork), and [[Brindisi]], [[Genua]] , and points [[Widdershins]], must pass by it.		To get to [[Ghat]] by boat from [[Ankh-Morpork]] you must go via [[Cape Terror]]. Sir [[Samuel Vimes]] sent the [[Assassins' Guild\|Assassin]] the Hon [[Eustace Bassingly-Gore]] that way in chains. The terror is inspired by the fact that this is the closest point on the main continent to the [[rim]], but unfortunately, all sea traffic between the whole [[Circle Sea]] area (including Ankh-Morpork) and [[Brindisi]], [[Genua]] , and points [[Widdershins]], must pass by it.

	==Annotation==		==Annotation==

	Based on [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp\|Cape_Fear\|Cape Fear}}, which is a prominent headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean from Bald Head Island on the coast of North Carolina in the southeastern United States.		Based on [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp\|Cape_Fear\|Cape Fear}}, which is a prominent headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean from Bald Head Island on the coast of North Carolina in the southeastern United States.

	Also a reference to the {{wp\|Cape_of_good_hope\|Cape of Good Hope}}, so named because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East - and the fact that you had to hope you survived going round it as the weather was and is so treacherous. The first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 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).		Also a reference to the {{wp\|Cape_of_good_hope\|Cape of Good Hope}}, so named because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East - and the fact that you had to hope you survived going round it as the weather was and is so treacherous. The first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 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).

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Old Dickens: shipping hazard

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To get to [[Ghat]] by boat from [[Ankh-Morpork]] you must go via [[Cape Terror]]. Sir [[Samuel Vimes]] sent the [[Assassins' Guild|Assassin]] the Hon [[Eustace Bassingly-Gore]] that way in chains. The terror is inspired by the fact that this is the closest point on the main continent to the [[rim]], but unfortunately, all sea traffic between the whole [[Circle Sea]] area (including Ankh-Morpork), and [[Brindisi]], [[Genua]] , and points [[Widdershins]], must pass by it.

==Annotation==

Based on [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp|Cape_Fear|Cape Fear}}, which is a prominent headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean from Bald Head Island on the coast of North Carolina in the southeastern United States.

Also a reference to the {{wp|Cape_of_good_hope|Cape of Good Hope}}, so named because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to India and the East - and the fact that you had to hope you survived going round it as the weather was and is so treacherous. The first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 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).

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[[Category:Locations]]
[[de:Kap Terror]]