Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (born 1451)

Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese maritime explorer (c. 1450–1500)

Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In 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 lies in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast. His…