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What is the name of the first European explorer to sail around Africa?
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Who was the first European explorer to sail all the way around Africa?
MAGELLEN
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.
Who was the European explorer that led the first voyage down Southern Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias was the Explorer you seek.
Who was the french explorer of Africa the first European to cross the Sahara Desert?
Rene Caillie
Who was French explorer of Africa the first European to cross the Sahara desert?
Rene Caillie
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.
Portuguese explore who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
In 1488, the Portuguese explorer named Bartolomeu Dias succeeded in sailing to the southernmost point of Africa. He named this point the Cape of Good Hope. Dias was born in 1450 and died in 1500.
How do you spell Vasco's last name?
For the Portuguese explorer, da Gama.Vasco da Gama is credited with being the first European to sail around Africa to India.
Who was Bartolemeu Diaz?
Bartolomeu Dias or Bartholomew Diaz was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European to have done so.
What did bartolomeu dias and vasco de gama do?
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.
Who was the first European to round up a southern tip to 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.
Who was the first explorer to completely sail around Africa?
Christopher Columbus
