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What explorer first rounded the Cape of Good Hope?
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.
This is the exploration route of what Portuguese explorer?
Bartolomeu Dias
Which explorer first found a way to east Asia through traveling around the southern tip of Africa?
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.
The country that led the way in the search for an all-water route to Asia was?
Portugal did. Bartolomeu Dias was one of the first too.
What goals did Bartolomeu Dias achieve?
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.
