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Bartolomeu Dias

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Also known as Bartolomé Díaz, Bartolomeu Díaz, Barthélemy Diaz, Bartholomew Diaz de Novaes, Bartolomeu Dias de Novaes

Portuguese explorer

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Bartolomeu Dias was a person who lived from 1450, 1451-01-01, or 1467 until 1500-05-29. He is associated with a work titled "No. 500 aniversario da dobragem do cabo da boa esperanca - 1487/1988".

Records indicate that Dias has five works listed in one source and one work in another. His name appears in 298 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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  • No. 500 aniversario da dobragem do cabo da boa esperanca - 1487/1988

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of death
Cape of Good Hope
Sibling
Diogo Dias
Occupation
explorer
Languages spoken
Portuguese
Field of work
conquistador
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Bartolomeu Dias, South Africa House (cut).JPG
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Bartolomeu Dias
date of birth
1467-00-00
date of death
1500-05-29
name in native language
Bartolomeu Dias
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Encyclopedic overview

Bartolomeu Dias (d. 29 May 1500) 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.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bartolomeu Dias” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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