Bartolomeu Dias

WHY IS HE FAMOUS

• First European to sail around Africa to the Indian Ocean
• 1488

WHO WAS DIAS

• A Portuguese nobleman
• Had a wife and two children

WHY DID HE GO

• King John the II of Portugal
• Wanted a trade route

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FUN FACTS

• Helped make Vasco de Gamma's ship
• Died due to a storm at sea

THATS ALL FOLKS