The mythic importance of the cape for Portugal was captured in Fernando Pessoa's early 20th century work "Mensagem." In famous stanzas from this longer poem Pessoa wrote of the enormous costs of the Portuguese explorations to the nation.
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This tragedy is recounted in the Skeletons on the Zahara, by Dean King, which is set in this region of the African coast.
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