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Born in 1450, Bartholomew Dias was sent by Portuguese King John II to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to the Indian Ocean. Dias departed circa August 1487, rounding the southernmost tip of Africa in January, 1488. The Portuguese (possibly Dias himself) named this point of land the Cape of Good Hope. Dias was lost at sea during another expedition around the Cape in 1500.

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Bartholomew Diaz was a knight of a royal court. He was born in 1450 and died in 1500.                   

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Bartholomew Diaz was born in 1450 and he died in 1500. We

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Bartholomew Diaz was a knight of the royal court,Superintendent of the royal warehouses and sailing master of the man of war.

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  Born in 1450, Bartholomew Dias was sent by Portuguese King John II

 to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to the Indian Ocean. Dias departed circa August 1487, rounding the southernmost tip of Africa in January, 1488. The Portuguese (possibly Dias himself) named this point of land the Cape of Good Hope. Dias was lost at sea during another expedition around the Cape in 1500.

Almost nothing is known about the life of Bartolomeu de Novaes Dias before 1487, except that he was at the court of João II, king of Portugal (1455-1495), and was a superintendent of the royal warehouses. He likely had much more sailing experience than his one recorded stint aboard the warship São Cristóvão. Dias was probably in his mid- to late 30s in 1486 when João appointed him to head an expedition in search of a sea route to India.

                  

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Bartholomew Diaz was born in 1450, he was sent by Portuguese King John II to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to the Indian Ocean.

He departed in August 1487, rounding the southernmost tip of Africa in January, 1488.  He named this point of land the cape of good hope. Dias was lost at sea during another expedition around the cape in 1500. 

Purpose of the Diaz Expedition

He was a knight of the royal court, superintendent of the royal warehouses, and sailing-master of the man-of-war, (Saint Christopher). King John II of Portugal appointed him, on 10 October 1487, to head an expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa in the hope of finding a trade route to India. He was also
charged with searching for the lands ruled by Prester John, who was a fabled Christian priest and ruler.

The Expedition

Dias' ship São Cristóvão was piloted by Pêro de Alenquer. A second caravel, the São Pantaleão, was commanded by João Infante and piloted by Álvaro Martins. Dias' brother Pêro Dias was the captain of the square-rigged support ship with João de Santiago as pilot

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Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias led the first European expedition round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.

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Born in 1450, Bartolomeu Dias was sent by Portuguese King John II to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to the Indian Ocean. Dias departed circa August 1487, rounding the southernmost tip of Africa in January, 1488. The Portuguese (possibly Dias himself) named this point of land the Cape of Good Hope. Dias was lost at sea during another expedition around the Cape in 1500.

In his childhod, Bartolomeu recived classes of mathematics and astronomy in the university of Lisbon. He had navigational skills to determine a place's coordinates and to face strong storms.

In 1481 Diaz traveled with the navigator Diego de Azambuja in an expedition to the Gold Coast (Western Coast of Africa, current Ghana). After this voyage, he was named superintendent of the royal warehouses.

Bartolomeu Diaz´s first exploration

In 1486, the king João II (also Juan or John) gave Bartolomeu Diaz the command of a small fleet to surround Africa in the south, with the public intention of finding out more about the mythical Christian kingdom of Prestor John, with whom the king wanted to start a friendship. The undeclared intention of the expedition was investigating a sea route to India.

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