Bartolomeu Dias

Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In February 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 is to go diagonally southwest in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast.

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Who was born first?

• Bartolomeu Dias and Pedro Álvares Cabral were born the same year
• Bartolomeu Dias was born 1 year after Alonso de Ojeda
• Bartolomeu Dias was born 2 years before Rodrigo de Triana
• Bartolomeu Dias was born 2 years after Paulo da Gama
• Bartolomeu Dias was born 3 years before Juan Díaz de Solís

Timeline

1. Paulo da Gama1465–1499
2. Alonso de Ojedacirca 1466 – circa 1515
3. Bartolomeu Dias (this page)circa 1467 – May 29, 1500
4. Pedro Álvares Cabral1467 – circa 1520
5. Rodrigo de Triana1469–1535
6. Juan Díaz de Solíscirca 1470 – January 20, 1516

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