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...

Bartolomeu Dias Born c. 1450, Portugal Died 1500, Off the Cape of Good Hope, Africa Bartolomeu Dias’s pioneering voyage around the southern tip of Africa, which came to be called the Cape of Good Hope, opened a sea route from Europe to India. This...

c. 1450-1500 Portuguese Mariner and Navigator Bartolomeu Dias was the first mariner to round Africa's Cape of Good Hope, opening up a coveted sea route to the West Indies for Portugal. In the latter part of his life, he took part in the...

(born &circa; 1450—died May 29, 1500, at sea, near Cape of Good Hope) Portuguese navigator and explorer. Given command of an expedition to ascertain the southern limit of Africa, he set sail in 1487. He sailed farther south than previous...

Bartolomeu Dias, sometimes Bartolomeu Dias de Novais (pronounced [baɾtuluËmeu ËdiÉÊ]; Anglicized: Bartholomew Diaz) (c. 1450 – May 29, 1500), a Nobleman of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the western tip of...