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How first sailed around the southern tip of Africa to find a direct route to Asia?
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Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian ocean. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
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Who sailed around the tip of south America?
vasco da gama sailed from Portugal to India by going around the cape of good hope in south America - he sailed for the french
Name the Portuguese explorer who sailed all the way around Africa to India in 1498?
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
Bartolomeu dias family?
Bartholomew Dias was a nobalman of the portuguese royal househould,and was the portuguese explorer. He sailed around the southermost tip of Africa in 1448, the first Europianknown to have done so.
How long did Bartholomeu Dias explore?
Batolomeu Dias spent several years exploring. From 1487-1488 he voyaged around the southern tip of Africa. In 1497 he went to the Cape Verde Islands and in 1500 he sailed westward.
Where Did Dias Explore?
Bartholomew Dias was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.
Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa?
Dias sailed to the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
Captain Vasco da Gama sailed all the way around what continent?
Captain Vasco Da Gama sailed all the way around the continent of Africa.
Who sailed around southern tip of africa cape of good hope in 1487?
It is bartholomeu Dias
Who sailed from Portugal around the southern tip of Africa and reached India by sea in 1498?
Vasco da Gama
Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa across the Indian Ocean and landed in I dia?
Vasco da Gama
Why do you remember bartolomeu dias?
Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese navigator and explorer. He was the first European to have sailed around the southern tip of Africa.
What direction did vasco da gama sail?
around southern Africa
Who sailed to Brazil then sailed around Africa to India?
Pedro Cabral
Portuguese explorer who sailed from Portugal to India around the southern tip of Africa?
Ferdinand Magellan, and the expedition took place from 1519-1522
What was the year that vasco da gama sailed to the southern tip of Africa?
1498
When did vasco da gama he sailed to southern tip of Africa?
1497-99
Which explorers sailed around that southern tip of Africa?
Dias sailed to the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
