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∙ 9y agoMany people have, but if you are asking who did it first, there is a debate over that.
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias did it in 1488. Dias' ships rounded the Cape of Good Hope and then sailed around Africa's southernmost point, Cabo das Agulhas.
However, Herodotus records an account of some Phoenicians, commissioned by Necho somewhere around 600 BC, who "sailed on a westerly course round the southern end of Libya (Africa)." They supposedly sailed from the Red Sea around Africa back to the mouth of the Nile over a course of three years.
So, if Herodotus' account is correct, then Dias wasn't the first ever, just the first European. Either way, it was still a remarkable feat, and changed European history.
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∙ 13y agoVasco da Gama. He was a Portuguese explorer that sailed around the tip of Africa. The trail he sailed thorough was soon called The Cape of Good Hope. He left Portugal in July, 1497 and wanted to find a route from Africa to Asian and arrived at Calcutta, India on May 20, 1498.
Lol I just learned about this(:
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When did Dias rounded the tip of south of south Africa into the Indian ocean?
1603
Who rounded the tip of Africa in 1487?
We are studying this in school and according to the facts back then its said to be rounded by Bartolomew Diaz.
The 3 capitals at the southern tip of africa are?
Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein are the three capitols at the Southern tip of Africa.
Why south Africa is not a continent?
Nope. It is a country at the southen tip of Africa.South Africa is one of the countries of Africa. it is in the southern tip of Africa.
What is Africa's northernmost point and in what country is it located?
Ras ben Sakka in the country called Tunisia.
Who rounded the tip of Africa without realizing it?
vasco de gama
Who rounded the southern tip of Africa and came to India in 1948?
Vasco da Gama
When did Dias rounded the tip of south of south Africa into the Indian ocean?
1603
Rounded the 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.
Who rounded Africa's tip?
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 rounded the 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.
Who rounded the tip of Africa in 1487?
We are studying this in school and according to the facts back then its said to be rounded by Bartolomew Diaz.
What Portuguese explorer that rounded the tip of Africa at the Cape of Good Hope?
Vasco da Gama.
What protuguese explorer rounded the southern tip of Africa and reached calicut?
Vasco da Gama
Who is the Portuguese explorer that rounded the tip of Africa at the cape of good hope?
Vasco de Gamo
Do you think Magellan was alive as his ship rounded the southern tip of Africa?
Yes, he was alive because in the book of the social studies. It says He died in the Phillipness.. and it did NOT say he died on the Southern tip of Africa. -.-
What was the cape at the southern tip of Africa rounded by a Portuguese explorer in 1487?
It's called the Cape of Good Hope.
