Bartolomeu dias accomplishments
What did bartolomeu dias discover!
| Bartolomeu Dias | |
|---|---|
| Nobleman | |
| Specialty | Exploration |
| Born | ca.
1451 |
| Died | May 29, 1500 Cape of Good Hope |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
Bartolomeu Dias born in 1451 and he became a Portuguese nobleman and explorer.
He was the sailing master of the man-of-war Saint Christopher from 1487 and 1488.
Bartolomeu dias characteristics
He also led a three-ship expedition that made the first recorded rounding of the southern tip of Africa.
Dias’s Work
Very little is known of Bartolomeu’s life before the year 1487. The only thing known about him is that he was at a court of Joao II, the King of Portugal, between 1455 and 1495.
He was also the superintendent of royal warehouses. In 1846, when he was in his late 30s, Joao appointed him to lead an expedition to search for a sea route to India.
Joao was sent to go out with two explorers. The three were to look overland for a Christian kingdom located in Ethiopia.
Joao also wished to find a route around Africa’s southern coast