It was Magellan that was the first person. His ships were the first to circumvent the world. He died in the Philippines, but his men went on. It took them 2 more years to get home.
Yes, Bartholomew Dias did round the Cape of Good Hope.
Being the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope which is at the bottom of South Africa
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.
The first sailors to discover Cape of Good Hope came from Portugal.
Cape of Storms
Bartolomeu Diaz is the first European known to have rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
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 (India) in 1498.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 (into the Indian Ocean) 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.
The First Fleet stopped at the Cape of Good Hope on 13 October 1787. They were there for around a month and departed on 12 November.
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.
Diaz (who was Portuguese ) was the first European to round the Cape. Later the Dutch used it as a trade route ________________________________________________ Diaz or it can be spelled Dias. It's the same person.
Nobody knows. But it is said that there are between 30,000 to 40,000 ships taking round the Cape of Good Hope sea route every year.
Cape Town was the last stop for the First Fleet.