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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.
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∙ 10y agoThe 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.
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∙ 6y agoBartolomeu 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.
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∙ 6y agoBartolomeu 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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∙ 13y agoBartholomew Dias
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∙ 14y agoBartolomeu Dias and Marimar Alvarado
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When did the first europeans reach the tip of Africa?
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The first European settlers at the far southern tip of Africa were the?
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Who contained the first European ship to sail the tip of Africa now known as the cape of good hope?
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 was the first European kingdom to send ships around the southern tip of Africa?
\The portuguese. Vasco da Gama passed the southerntip of Africa to fin a way to the Indies.
Who braved the stormy Atlantic spying for the first time for 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.
When did the first europeans reach the tip of Africa?
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The first European settlers at the far southern tip of Africa were the?
DUTCH
Who was the first European captain to sail around 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. Vasco da Gama was the first to reach India ten years later.
Who was the first European to reach the indies by traveling around 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. Vasco da Gama reached India ten years later.
Who lead the first European ship to sail around the tip of Africa?
Bartholomeu Dias
Who first European expeller to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
Bartholomew dias
Who is the first portugeuese sea captain to reach the southern tip of Africa?
Bartholomeu Dias
Portuguese explore who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
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.
Do cats and the first European ship to sail around the tip of Africa known as the Cape of Good Hope?
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 captained the first European ship to sail where?
Around the south tip of africa..
The first portuguese sea captain to reach the southern tip of africa?
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Who chaptained the first European ship to sail around the tip of Africa now know as the cape of good hope?
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.
