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.
Bartolomeu Diaz was the first European to see reach the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Southern Africa. He was a Portuguese sea captain and explorer.
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.
Dias was a portuguese explorer who explored the southern tip of Africa
The Portuguese wanted to explore Africa and Asia to see what different artifacts they could find.
The Portuguese wanted to explore Africa and Asia to see what different artifacts they could find.
The Portuguese Empire was the longest colonial European empire, with its inception dating back to its capture of Cueta in North Africa in 1415 CE. With its European borders safe from attack, Portugal was free to expand and explore other regions. It became the first European nation to explore and establish colonies in west Africa.
Africa
Vasco da Gama - He was Portuguese
Yes, and they did.
\The portuguese. Vasco da Gama passed the southerntip of Africa to fin a way to the Indies.
Bartholomew Dias was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so.
\The portuguese. Vasco da Gama passed the southerntip of Africa to fin a way to the Indies.
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.
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.