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∙ 10y agoBartolomeu Dias/Bartholomew Diaz became the first European explorer to sail around the southernmost point of Africa in 1488. This paved the way for Vasco da Gama to become the first European explorer to reach India by this route in 1498.
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∙ 6y agothey were Portugese navigators who sailed around the African coast
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What was one difference between Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias?
vasco da gama sailed around the cape of good hope but continued onto india, unlike dias who sailed around the cape of good hope but did not go further.
Who was the first to sail around the south of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the tip of South Africa, passing the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas from 1487-1488.
Who was the Portuguese explorer who was the first European to said 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. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
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.
Who influenced vasco de gama?
vasco de gama's father influenced him
Portuguese explorer who rounded the southern tip of Africa to reach India in 1488?
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 was one difference between Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias?
vasco da gama sailed around the cape of good hope but continued onto india, unlike dias who sailed around the cape of good hope but did not go further.
Who were five explorers of the age of exploration?
Christopher Columbus Herman Cortes Francisco Pizarro Vasco De Gama Ferdinand Magellan Bartolomeu Dias
Who was the first person to reach India by sailing around Africa?
Americans are idiots and useless because they did not help the kenyans fight the al-shababs.
Who was the first to sail around the south of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the tip of South Africa, passing the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas from 1487-1488.
Who inspired bartolomeu dias?
He influenced Vasco de Gamma
Who are the most famous navigator?
Arguably: Ferdinand Magellan Christopher Columbus Vasco de Gama Bartholemew Dias
Who was the Portuguese explorer who was the first European to said 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. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
Bartolomue dias and vasco de gama are associated with what?
because they both sailed the path of Africa
Where did the Portuguese explorers travel?
Pedro Alvarez Cabral was a Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil. Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias traveled around the Cape of Good Hope and the rest of the Portuguese explorers traveled to Africa.
What is Bartolomeus Dias whole name?
BARTOLOMEU DIAS' FULL NAME IS BARTOLOMEU dIAS OR IT IS BARTOLOMEU DIAS DE NOVIAS MANny diiferent names for Dias
What did Bartolomeu Dias do after 1488?
He returned to Lisbon and helped Vasco de Gama prepare for his voyage. He became a Captain on the second India voyage and was lost at sea in a storm off the Cape of Good Hope on 29 May 1500.
