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Which explorer first found a way to east Asia through traveling around the southern tip of Africa?
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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.
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Name the Portuguese explorer who sailed all the way around Africa to India in 1498?
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.
How first sailed around the southern tip of Africa to find a direct route to Asia?
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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Which explorer first found a way you East Asia by traveling around the southern tip of Africa?
it was Magellan
What explorer first found a way to wast Asia by traveling around 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.
Which explorer first found a way to east Asia by traveling around the around 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.
Who was the European explorer that led the first voyage down Southern Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias was the Explorer you seek.
He was the first explorer to reach 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.
By 1948 which portuguese explorer had passed 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.
Scottish explorer who explored southern Africa from 1841?
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What did Bartolomeu Dias explore?
Dias was a portuguese explorer who explored the southern tip of Africa
Who convinced Bartolomeu Dias to turn back from the southern tip of africa?
Bartolomeu Dias' crew convinced him to turn back from the southern tip of Africa due to their fear and reluctance to continue sailing into the treacherous and uncharted waters further south. They were also running low on supplies and were facing harsh weather conditions.
In 1487 this man discovered the southern tip of Africa what was his name and where was he from?
Bartolomeu Dias, a nobleman and explorer discovered the southern tip of Africa in 1487. He was from Portugal. He was the first European to have sailed past South Africa.
