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Why did European navigators before 1473 fear approaching the equator?

Having reached the Gulf of Guinea in 1462 and thus approaching very close to the equator, the Portuguese navigators did not dare to cross it for a long time.

Ancient legends said that the water to the south of the equator becomes denser and may even boil, which made one beware of the southern seas. Only in 1473, the Portuguese Lopo Gonçalves refuted these superstitions: he crossed the equator without any damage to the ship and crew.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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