Table Mountain is formed approximately 260-million years ago, making it one of the oldest mountains on Earth and far older than ranges like the Andes and Himalayas.
1488
In 1488, Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias discovers and names the Cape of Good Hope. He is the first to round the treacherous Cape Point.
1652
The first Dutch governor, Jan van Riebeeck, arrives at the Cape in 1652 and a colony is established where present-day Cape Town now stands.
1990
Nelson Mandela is released from prison in 1990 and makes a historic speech from the Cape Town City Hall. The first president of a democratic South Africa, he spent a total of 27 years in prison.
2011
Table Mountain is named one of the New7Wonders of Nature after a global voting campaign.
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There are more plant species in the Table Mountain National Park than in the entire United Kingdom.
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