The first "European" explorer was Portuguese sailor Bartholomew Diaz reached Cape of Good Hope (1488); and Vasco de Gama was the first to sail around Africa (November 1497) and reach India (May 20 1498).
There are stories of Phoenician and even Chinese explorers having rounded the Cape of Good Hope prior to this, but there is little or no physical historical evidence to back any of the claims.
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Bartolomeu Diaz in 1488, sailed past the Cape of Good Hope, which he originally named the Cape of Storms.
The European that sailed around the tip of Africa to India was Bartholomew Diaz. Diaz was from Portugal and sailed the route in 1488. The reason for this expedition was to find a trade route to India.
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.
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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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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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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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.
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 reached India ten years later.
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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 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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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.