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Bartolomeu Dias
Late 15th-century Portuguese maritime explorer
Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In , he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most effective southward route for ships lies in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast.
Bartholomeus diaz biography of mahatma gandhi
His discoveries effectively established the sea route between Europe and Asia.
Early life
Bartolomeu Dias was born around in the Faro District of Portugal. His family had a maritime background, and one of his ancestors, Dinis Dias, explored the African coast in the s and discovered the Cap-Vert peninsula in today's Senegal in
Tracing his biography is complicated by the existence of several contemporary Portuguese seafarers with the same name.[2] He was clearly a seaman of considerable experience and may have been trading for ivory along the Guinea coast as early as
In , Dias accompanied an expedition, led by Diogo de Azambuja, to cons