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Bartolomeu Dias
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4017 Calle del Tato
Portugal Spain
Objective: To work as an explorer and sailor for Manual I and Portugal
Experiences: Traveler/ Explorer
Africa and Asia
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First European to round the Cape of Good Hope, which he called Cabo
Tormentiso. (Cape of S
Storms)
In 1481 he commanded a vessel in a flotilla that king john II of Portugal sent to
the gold coast of Africa
King gave Dias command of an expedition to continue the exploration of western
coast of Africa
Dias opened a sea route from Europe to the far east, which European merchants
and statesmen considered essential to the prosperity of Europe
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Knight of the royal household
Explored a total of about 2028 km (about 1260mi) of previously unknown African
coast
 Portuguese navigator, first to round the Cape of Good Hope, Africa
 Discovered Brazil
 Captained a ship in the fleet of Pedro Cabral, which was one of the largest fleets
that had ever sailed across Atlantic.
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Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer friend
Pero Dias, commanded supply-ship
Vasco Da Gama, Dias accompanied the expedition led by him to India.