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The biography of the Portuguese discoverer Bartolomeu Dias (Bartholomew Diaz) (1450-1500). In 1488, he became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa. He subsequently took part in the voyages of discovery of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Cabral. Official web site : http://viartis.net/publishers/bartolomeu.dias.htm

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PORT NOLLOTH, SOUTH AFRICA

GREAT FISH RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA

HEADLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA

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ELMINA, GHANA

RIVER CONGO, AFRICA

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LISBOA, PORTUGAL

CAPE VERDE, AFRICA

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Bartolomeu Dias was educated in the University of Lisbon;

His brother, Pero Dias helped him in his voyages;

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Technology advances are important to get into new places.

This advances made these voyages possible. A new kind of ship, the caravel, was stronger than earlier ships. It had triangle-shaped sails that allowed it to sail against the wind. Ships could now travel far out into the ocean. The magnetic compass allowed sea captains to stay on course better.

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Spread christianity for the one who has been in the dark. Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias wants to serve God and King.
“to serve God and His Majesty, to give light to those who were in darkness and to grow rich as all men desire to do.”

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Was born in 1450 in Algarve, Portugal. He was a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household and a Portuguese explorer. He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic; the first European known to have done so.