Bartholomeu Dias was famous for being the first European to lead a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. His exploration was also the first of the age of exploration. This lead to a new route to India. There were two explorers who lead explorations passed the Cape of Good Hope after that, in the Age of Exploration. Those two explorers, who were both sailing from Portugal, were Vasco da Gama, in 1497, and Pedro Álvares Cabral
His childhood would have been a rich and full one as due to his family's wealth he was well educated.