Bartholomew Dias

Bartholomew Dias Facts:

Bartholomew Dias was an explorer from Portugal.

Bartholomew Diaz was born in circa 1450.

Bartholomew Diaz was born in circa 1450.

Bartholomew Diaz went on an expedition to go find a passage to India.

Bartholomew Diaz is Roman Catholic

The cape of good hope was first called the CAPE OF STORMS by Bartholomew diaz but then King John II changed it to the Cape of good hope so that the other sailors do not get scared of going there.

Bartholomew Dias discovered Cape of Storms which was later changed by King John II to Cape of Good Hope since he was afraid no sailor would want to go into such a cape.

First European to lead a voyage around the cape of good hope in 1487.

King John II appointed him on October 10, 1486, as the head of an expedition to sail around the southern end of Africa for the purpose of establishing a sea route to the rich trading grounds of India

on August 1487, Bartholomew Dias left Lisbon, and went to sea

Bartholomew Dias found a new way to India

When Bartholomew Dias died of drowning his captain was Pedro Cabral. Dias was 43 when he died.

Dias was on da Gama's voyage in 1497.

Bartholomew Dias was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, in 1488. Dias is first European known to do so since ancient times.

Bartholomew Dias traveled on the western coast of Africa to get to India but didn't make it.

Dias was born in 1450.

Bartholomew Dias landed in Bahia da Roca (Algao Bay)

Diaz was Portuguese.

When Bartholomew Dias was young he participated in the dangerous gold and ivory trade which was located along on the African Gold coast.

Bartholomew Diaz was from Europe.

Bartholomew Dias died of drowning in a storm near the Cape of Good Hope on May 24 1500.

Bartholomew Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope in the year of fourteen Eighty-eight.

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