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ALGOA BAY

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 655 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAY , a wide, shallow bay of See also:South See also:Africa, 436 M. E. from the Cape of See also:Good See also:Hope, bounded W. by Cape See also:Recife, E. by Cape Padrone. St Croix See also:Island in the bay is in 330 47' S. 25° 46' E. On this island See also:Bartholomew See also:Diaz made his second landing in South Africa some See also:time after the 3rd of See also:February 1488, and from the See also:cross which he is thought to have erected on it the island gets its name. Algoa Bay was the first landing-See also:place of the See also:British emigrants to the eastern See also:province of Cape See also:Colony in 182o. At a spot 6 m. N.E. of Cape Recife these emigrants founded a See also:town, See also:Port See also:Elizabeth (q.v.), its See also:harbour being sheltered from all winds See also:save the S.E. By seafarers "Algoa Bay" is used as synonymous with Port Elizabeth.

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