Días (or Diaz, I've seen it both ways) sailed for Portugal in the 15th century.
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Where did bartolomeu dias sail from? Why did bartholemew dias sail to asai? What country Bartolomeu Dias sail from? What flag did Bartholmeu Dias sail under? What county did Bartolomeu Dias sail for? Coutry for whom bartholome v dias sailed?
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Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to sail around Africa's Cape of Good Hope. He is thought to have named the cape. ... Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to sail around Africa's Cape of Good Hope. He is thought to have named the cape. Short Biography of Dias;
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Bartolomeu Dias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bartolomeu Dias ( ; Anglicized: Bartholomew Diaz ; c. 1451 – 29 May 1500), a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip ...
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He sailed east hoping to site land. When he didn't find land he decided to sail north. At last they found land. As they sailed up the coast, they saw that the coast went northeast. When Dias saw that he knew that he had gone around the southern tip of Africa.
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www.esd.k12.ca.us/Matsumoto/TM30/history/Explorers/dias...
www.esd.k12.ca.us/Matsumoto/TM30/history/Explorers/dias.html
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Bartolomeu Dias died at sea, May 29 1500. ... Its chief purpose was to find the country of the Christian African King Known as Peter John, with whom the Portuguese wished to enter friendly relations. After ten months of preparing, Dias left Lisbon the letter part of July 1487 with two sailing ships and a supply ship.
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www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/explor.html
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The Portuguese Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450-1500) lies at a crossroad in the history of exploration. For more than 50 years before he set sail to what would become the Cape of Good Hope, Portugal had explored to its own profit along most of the western...
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www.bookrags.com/Bartolomeu_Dias
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Several Portuguesehistorians state that he was a relative or descendant of João Dias who sailed around Cape Bojador in 1434, and of Diniz Dias who is said to have discovered the Cape Verde Islands. As early as 1481 Bartolomeu Dias had accompanied Diogo d'Azambuja on an expedition to the Gold Coast.
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775b.htm
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1486: 10 October King John II of Portugal appoints Bartolomeu Dias leader of an expedition to sail around the southern most tip of Africa and make contact with a Christian ruler in the Indies called Prester John.
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www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/bartholomeu-dias.htm
www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/bartholomeu-dias.htm
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