bartolomeu dias was the explorer that reached the cape of good hope at the southern tip of africa.
bartolomeu dias was the explorer that reached the cape of good hope at the southern tip of africa.
who was the explorer that reached the cape of good hope at the southern tip of africa?
bartolomeu dias
the age of discovery started with the portuguese navigators, where prince henry the navigator started a maritime school in portugal. the resulting of this technical and scientific discoveries led portugal to develop the most advanced ships, including the caravel, the carrack and the galleon, where for the first time in history maritime navigation was possible. the portuguese empire led the portuguese kingdom to discover and map most of the globe, and find seas routes as far as the east and west, such as the remarkable voyage to find the sea route to india via the cape of good hope. initially bartolomeu dias left portugal and rounded the cape of good hope, with vasco da gama reaching the southern tip of africa and on-wards to india. it was the first time in history that humans had navigated from europe around africa to asia. it led to the discovery of brazil and south america, and the first circumnavigation around the world, with the portuguese nobleman ferdinand magellan, sailing around the world, across the entire pacific ocean for the first time.
maritime history of europe
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good hope or goodhope can refer to:









































section::::locations.









































it is the name of several places worldwide:









































bullet::::- cape of good hope, south africa









































bullet::::- good hope, botswana









































bullet::::- good hope, dominica









































bullet::::- goodhope, buffalo city, a village in buffalo city metropolitan municipality, eastern cape, south africa









































bullet::::- good hope, guyana









































bullet::::- good hope school, hong kong









































bullet::::- mount good hope, officially "good hope mountain", in bc, canada









































bullet::::- united states:









































bullet::::- good hope, alabama









































bullet::::- goodhope bay, a bay in alaska









































bullet::::- goodhope river, a river in alaska









































bullet::::- good hope, california









































bullet::::- good hope, georgia
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