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Who was the Portuguese explorer who was the first European to said around the southern tip of Africa?
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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. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
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∙ 14y agoBartolomeu Dias was commander of the expedition, the ship was named "Sao Cristovao"
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∙ 13y agoBartholomeu Dias
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∙ 12y agoVasco De Gama
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∙ 13y agoVasco da gama
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What portuguese explorer reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488 naming it the cape of storms?
Bartholomew Diaz
Who discovered the southern most tip of Africa?
A Portuguese explorer by the name of Bartholomeu Diaz was on a voyage to find a passage to the Far East when he discovered South Africa; he sailed around it and landed near Cape Aghulas. This was the first reported "discovery" of South Africa by a European; in actual fact South Africa has been inhabited for thousands of years by the indigenous peoples of the area (Khoi San and other groups).
What Portuguese explorer rounded the southern tip of Africa and reached the Indian port of Calicut in 1498?
The answer before said yesss. Let me clarify that Francisco Pizarro was the explorer who brought down the Inca empire. I get confused between Bartholomeu Diaz and Vasco da Gama, but your question helps. In 1498, Vasco da Gama rounded the southern tip of Africa.
This Portuguese explorer proved it was possible to circumnavigate the continent of Africa?
Magellan
Who was the explorer who was first to circumnavigate to Africa to reach India?
Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to sail around Africa and across the Indian ocean to India. He was a Portuguese.
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.
By 1948 which portuguese explorer had passed 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 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.
What did Bartolomeu Dias explore?
Dias was a portuguese explorer who explored the southern tip of Africa
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.
Cape at the southern tip of Africa rounded by a portuguese explorer in 1487?
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.
What Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the 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.
He was the first explorer to reach 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.
Portuguese explorer who reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488 naming it the cape of storms?
Bartholomew Diaz
What portuguese explorer reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488 naming it the cape of storms?
Bartholomew Diaz
What was the cape at the southern tip of Africa rounded by a Portuguese explorer in 1487?
It's called the Cape of Good Hope.
