Bartolomeu Dias

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Portuguese person explorer human navigator

Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese person → explorer → human → navigator →
causeOfDeath	shipwreck →
centuryOfActivity	15th century →
commissionedBy	King John II of Portugal →
continentOfCitizenship	Europe →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Portugal →
dateOfBirth	c. 1450 →
dateOfDeath	May 1500 →
diedDuring	voyage with Pedro Álvares Cabral →
employer	King John II of Portugal → Portuguese Crown →
era	Age of Discovery →
ethnicGroup	Portuguese →
expedition	Portuguese expedition to find a sea route to India (1487–1488) →
explorationEndYear	1488 →
explorationStartYear	1487 →
fullName	Bartolomeu Dias →
hasCanonicalName	Bartolomeu Dias →
influenced	Vasco da Gama’s route to India →
knownFor	being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa → opening the sea route from Europe to Asia around Africa →
languageSpoken	Portuguese →
mannerOfDeath	death at sea →
memorializedBy	monuments at the Cape of Good Hope →
nationality	Portuguese →
navigatedAround	Cape of Good Hope → southern tip of Africa →
nobleTitle	knight of the royal court of Portugal →
notableWork	voyage around the Cape of Good Hope (1487–1488) →
occupation	explorer → navigator →
participatedIn	Pedro Álvares Cabral’s fleet to India (1500) →
partOf	Portuguese maritime explorations →
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Portugal →
placeOfDeath	near the Cape of Good Hope →
positionHeld	sailing master of the man-of-war São Cristóvão → superintendent of the royal warehouses →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
returnedTo	Lisbon →
seaRouteOpened	Atlantic–Indian Ocean sea route around Africa →
sexOrGender	male →
shipCommanded	São Cristóvão → São Pantaleão →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
São Pantaleão →	associatedWith
São Cristóvão →	commander
Cape of Good Hope →	discoveredByEuropeans
Portuguese Empire →	explorer
Bartolomeu Dias →	fullName
Bartolomeu Dias →	hasCanonicalName
Age of Exploration →	hasKeyExplorer
Portuguese Crown →	notableExplorerSponsored
John II of Portugal →	supportedExplorer
São Cristóvão →	voyageLeader