Bartolomeu Dias
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title:
Bartolomeu Dias
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Template:Infobox personNOPEn tip of Africa Bartolomeu Dias 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 lies 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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Late 15th-century Portuguese maritime explorer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias
date created:
2002-03-23T09:10:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T14:00:57Z
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