Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
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Updated 2026-05-29
Portuguese navigator who in 1488 became the first European to round Africa's southern tip, proving the open-ocean route south. His maps basically handed Vasco da Gama the instructions for reaching Asia by sea.
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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 in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast. His discoveries were later used by Vasco da Gama to establish a sea route between Europe and Asia.
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