Cape St. Vincent of this cape: This cape is the southwesternmost point in Portugal. It forms the southwestern end of the E9 European Coastal Path, which runs for to Narva-Jõesuu in Estonia. Approximately six kilometers from the village of Sagres, the cape is a landmark for a ship traveling to or from the Mediterranean. The cliffs rise nearly vertically from the Atlantic to a height of 75 meters. The cape is a site of exuberant marine life and a high concentration of birds nesting on the cliffs, such as the rare Bonelli's eagle, peregrine falcons, kites, rock thrushes, rock pigeons, storks and herons.
St Vincent Whitshed Erskine Limpopo and Pungwe (1868-1875).” St Vincent Erskine's four journeys are reported in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, London: Following his exploratory journeys St Vincent Erskine worked as a surveyor in Natal, the Transvaal and Cape Province. He settled with his family in Cape Town where he died in 1918. St Vincent Erskine’s "My journal on the Limpopo River" and Alice Erskine’s diary are lodged with the University of Natal. Extracts from Alice Erskine’s diary can be found in “Buchanan Family Records, James Buchanan and his descendants". She reports the family living in Kokstad, East Griqualand in 1878 where