the first modern rounding of the cape in 1488 by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartholomeu Dias explored the southern coast of Africa in 1488. He was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.
Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. This is the southernmost region of Africa. Dias, sometimes spelled as Diaz, was an explorer from Portugal.
1488 I think...
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic, the first European known to have done so.
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic, the first European known to have done so.
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias is credited with discovering the Cape of Storms (later renamed the Cape of Good Hope) in 1488. He was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa during his expedition to find a sea route to India.
He did that in 1488, making it the 15th century.
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. He was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, marking the point where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet.
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the tip of South Africa, passing the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas from 1487-1488.
In 1488