He never crossed the Indian ocean, he wanted to but his crew refused to continue the journey and they decided to turn back.
It was found about 1487 by Bartholemeu Dias and Pero de Alenquer, famous Portuguese explorers.
The trip was 1487 to 1488.
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Bartolomeu Dias
Batolomeu Dias spent several years exploring. From 1487-1488 he voyaged around the southern tip of Africa. In 1497 he went to the Cape Verde Islands and in 1500 he sailed westward.
Bartolomeu Dias de Novais (died 1500) was a Portuguese explorer who discovered the Cape of Good Hope and opened the sea route to the Indian ocean.
Columbus planned to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean, while Dias hoped to reach Asia by sailing around Africa and through the Indian Ocean.
Bartolomeu Dias led the first European expedition around the southern tip of Africa, now known as the Cape of Good Hope, in 1487. This voyage opened the way for further exploration and trade routes to Asia by sea.
Bartholomeu Dias
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.
Bartholomeu Dias was in Sernjurda looking for his family after he got back to sea from his hardships on the Atlantic Ocean.
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.