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Promontorium, which can only be "Guardafui," between north lat.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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It is simply the peninsula of Guardafui (Jard Hafun) occupied by the Gallas, pagans and Christians, before these were ousted by the Moslem Somal; and the former perpetually ejaculated “Wak” (God) as
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So on the East African coast Ptolemy places his Aromata Promontorium, which can only be “Guardafui,” between north lat.
The Land of Midian 2003
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In the first place, Berberah is the true key of the Red Sea, the centre of East African traffic, and the only safe place for shipping upon the western Erythroean shore, from Suez to Guardafui.
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It was hot and calm all the voyage through the Red Sea, the straits, and Gulf of Aden, till, when rounding the stormy cape of Guardafui and the ship swept out upon the broader ocean, the barometer dropped rapidly and a furious storm came on.
The Wedge of Gold C. C. Goodwin
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Halfoon and Guardafui the country is fine and well watered with small streams, and the climate delicious, as is the coast from Cape Guardafui westward to Berbera.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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Who East and South the course has ta'en By Guardafui to Zanzibar may go, but he, shall come again.
The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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Cape Guardafui was passed soon after lunch, and the following evening the ship stopped her engines for half an hour in order to exchange messages with Aden, which was dimly visible through the thick bluish haze of stifling heat.
The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Herbert Brayley Collett 1912
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Guardafui to Madagascar, which was opened up by the trading interest of the Emosaid family (800-1300); (3) in the far east, in Central and
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911
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By Guardafui to Zanzibar may go, but he, shall come again.
The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909
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