Cape Route

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historical trade route maritime route sea route

The Cape Route was the historic sea passage around the Cape of Good Hope that connected Europe to Asia and served as a crucial artery for British trade and imperial communication with India before the Suez Canal.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Cape Route around Africa 1
Cape Route to India 1
Cape of Good Hope route 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical trade route ⓘ
maritime route ⓘ
sea route ⓘ
approximateStartUse late 15th century ⓘ
associatedWith Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
Table Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
bypassedBy Suez Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
European ports ⓘ
Indian Ocean ports ⓘ
declineCause opening of the Suez Canal ⓘ
enabled direct sea link between Europe and Asia ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Age of Sail NERFINISHED ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
historicalStatus primary sea route between Europe and India before the Suez Canal ⓘ
intensiveUse 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
language English term "Cape Route" refers to the route around the Cape of Good Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo China NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spice Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
majorUser British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dutch Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
French East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
navigationalHazard rough seas ⓘ
storms off the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
strong westerly winds ⓘ
partOf Europe–Asia maritime network NERFINISHED ⓘ
passes Cape of Good Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ
reduced reliance on Middle Eastern intermediaries in trade ⓘ
reliance on overland Silk Road routes ⓘ
strategicFor British trade with India ⓘ
European–Asian commerce ⓘ
imperial communication lines ⓘ
usedFor imperial communication ⓘ
naval movement ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
trade ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Britain–India → keyInfrastructure → Cape Route ⓘ
Northern Sea Route region → alternativeTo → Cape Route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape of Good Hope route
East Indies → seaRouteFocus → Cape Route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Route around Africa
Brouwer Route → relatedTo → Cape Route ⓘ
Cabo das Tormentas → relatedRoute → Cape Route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Route to India
Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route → alternativeTo → Cape Route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape of Good Hope shipping route