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That it was possible to reach Asia by ship
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.
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.
In 1486 II (King John II) assigned Dias, a member of the royal court, to command a voyage with both spiritual and material aspirations: Dias was to search for the lands of Prester John -- a legendary Christian priest and African king -- and challenge the Muslim dominance of trade with Asia.
Portugal did. Bartolomeu Dias was one of the first too.