Bartolomeu Dias Timeline

By Alexis Anderson and Kana Morwood

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he was born

1451

Went to Blue Valley High High School

1464

Joas wanted hime to find a sea route to India

1486

never found it

Joas wanted him to find the southern most tip of Africa

1486

John II wanted him to find Indian Ocean

1487

but he never did

Rounded the Cape of Good Hope

1487

left from Lisbon with 3 ships

Bartolomeu found land 300 miles east of Cape of Good Hope

1488

Had an expedition around South Africa

1488

sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa

1488

was the first European

Bartolomeu died

1500