Bartolomeu Dias
(1450-1500)
Late 15th-century Portuguese maritime explorer
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Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450 – 29 May 1500) was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most effective southward route for ships lays in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast. His discoveries effectively established the sea route between Europe and Asia.
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1450 Algarve, Kingdom of Portugal
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29 May 1500 (aged 49) Cape of Good Hope
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