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Who contained the first European ship to sail the tip of Africa now known as the cape of good hope?
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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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∙ 12y agoBartolomeu Diaz (1488)
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