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Bartolomeu Dias

1450 - 1500

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Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450 – 29 May 1500) 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 discoveries were later used by Vasco da Gama to establish a sea route between Europe and Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolomeu Dias is the 10th most popular explorer (down from 8th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Portugal and the 3rd most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Bartolomeu Dias is most famous for being the first person to sail around the southern tip of Africa.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bartolomeu Dias ranks 10 out of 498. Before him are Vasco da Gama, Leif Erikson, Amerigo Vespucci, Hernán Cortés, Ibn Battuta, and Roald Amundsen. After him are Prince Henry the Navigator, Zheng He, James Cook, Jacques Cartier, Francisco Pizarro, and Francis Drake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Bartolomeu Dias ranks 1. After him are Hieronymus Bosch, Josquin des Prez, John Cabot, Luca Signorelli, Ibrahim Lodi, Yejong of Joseon, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Pêro da Covilhã, Martin Schongauer, and Gerard David. Among people deceased in 1500, Bartolomeu Dias ranks 1. After him are Diogo Dias, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Gil Eanes, Fernão do Pó, Doukas, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Bartolomé Bermejo, and John Morton.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Bartolomeu Dias ranks 3 out of 633. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan (1480), and Vasco da Gama (1460). After him are Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Anthony of Padua (1195), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), José Saramago (1922), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), António Guterres (1949), Fernando Pessoa (1888), Luís de Camões (1524), and Cristiano Ronaldo (1985).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Bartolomeu Dias ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan (1480), and Vasco da Gama (1460). After him are Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Diogo Cão (1440), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Diogo Dias (1450), Diego Columbus (1479), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), and João Gonçalves Zarco (1390).

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