Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese explorer

1451 CE to 1500 CE

Bartolomeu Dias (Anglicized: Bartholomew Diaz; c. 1451 – May 29, 1500[=, a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer.

He sails around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic, the first European known to have done so.

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Topic: Punti–Hakka Clan Wars
Location: St John New Brunswick Canada
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