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∙ 13y agoBartolomeu Dias (Bartholomew Diaz) was the first European explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. He ventured only a little way up the east coast of Africa before returning to Portugal.Dias originally named the Cape as the "Cape of Storms", but this was later renamed Cape of Good Hope by King John II of Portugal as it represented the possibility of a trade route with the East.Vasco da Gama (Dom Vasco da Gama) was the first European (Portuguese) explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and find a sea route to India, landing in Calicut in 1498.
Bartolomeu Dias
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.
Portugal did. Bartolomeu Dias was one of the first too.
Bartolomeu Dias was successful in many ways. In 1494 he oversaw the building of the two ships that made the first successful expedition around the continent of Africa to India.
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Bartolomeu Dias (Bartholomew Diaz) was the first European explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. He ventured only a little way up the east coast of Africa before returning to Portugal.Dias originally named the Cape as the "Cape of Storms", but this was later renamed Cape of Good Hope by King John II of Portugal as it represented the possibility of a trade route with the East.Vasco da Gama (Dom Vasco da Gama) was the first European (Portuguese) explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and find a sea route to India, landing in Calicut in 1498.
Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope which allowed Vasco Da Gama to be the first to sail to India using this route, arriving in May 1498.
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias did not conquer any land. He was a Portuguese explorer who is known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, now known as the Cape of Good Hope. His discovery opened up a sea route between Europe and Asia.
dias was the first european to go down to the tip of south africa. da gama was the first european to go around africa (following dias's tracks) to get to india. (instead of getting there by land.) that way people didn't get robbed by arabs and muslims wen they went to trade with India.
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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.
Portugal did. Bartolomeu Dias was one of the first too.
Vasco da Gama, a Portugese explorer, captained the first ship to sail around the Cape of Good Hope. He left Portugal in July, 1497, to find a route around Africa to Asia, and arrived in Calcutta, India on May 20, 1498.
Bartolomeu Dias is a Portuguese explorer that discovered the sea route around Africa. His great discovery allowed Indians and Asians to trade.
It was the first recorded such trip and led to a new trade route.