Join Amal and Cheyenne on a journey of a lifetime adventure in 1450-1500.
Welcome, everyone is invited to come and see the greatest trip you will never imagine. We will go on a trip to see Bartholomeu Dias on his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope.
This is Bartholomeu Dias. He was famous for being the first explorer to discover Cape of Good Hope. He was born in 1450 Algarve, Portugal and died on May 29, 1500 in Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Diego Dias and Pedro Dias are his siblings and helpers on the expedition to the Cape of Good Hope. Since his father was part of the Portuguese court, Bartholomeu went to a very good school. 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. Dias was also charged with searching for the lands ruled by Prester John, who was a fabled Christian priest and ruler. Dias got scared when John ll, Prince Henry’s nephew, told him that no other European has ever gone as far south as he had. He sailed around the southern tip of Africa. Dias made more than one trip. He went to India, Congo River, Cabo das Agulhas and many other places. Bartholomew discovered the passage around southern Africa, which he found was a good trade route. Dias named the trade route the “ Cape of Storms” because of all the storms, but then he renamed it the,”Cape of Good Hope”. During an exploration, Bartholomew Dias interfered with some naked herdsmen, because one of them was throwing rocks at the crew. Of course Bartholomew did what most explorers did, he shot the herdsman and the rest ran off. Bartholomew Dias was famous because he was one of the first people to find a trade route around the tip of Cape Town which he called Cape of Good Hope. I think people would think of him as brave and a little bit mean for shooting a naked herdsman. The people of Cape Town made a statue for his heroic deeds. |
Who sailed with Bartholomew Dias on his exploration?
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