1487 miles away
Why did Bartolomeu Dias go from receiving the critical responsibility as sole leader of the first successful expedition around southernmost Africa in 1487-1488; to carrying out far more subordinate responsibilities as shipbuilding supervisor to Vasco da Gama in 1497, and as one of 13 ship captains to Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500?
Diaz was a Portuguese explorer who first sailed around the bottom of Africa ( the Cape of Good Hope ) searching for a sea route to the Far East, in order to bypass the Muslim domination of the Spice and Silk trade.
Specific information may be available in an archive in Portugal. It's also possible that documentation may exist in the recordkeeping of the Catholic Church. For Bartolomeu Dias [c. 1450-May 29, 1500] was Catholic, and undoubtedly baptized. Thus far, nothing is known of the exact birth dates, or of the family home town, of Dias. Two of Dias' children, Simao and Antonio, had as last names Dias de Novais. Novais is a parish in Vila Real de Famalicao, a municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. So it's possible that Novais was family home to Dias and his ancestors. But Dias' death dates are known. For the navigator was lost in a storm, at the Cape of Good Hope, that he had put on the map with his expedition of 1487-1488.
I don't think "dias" is a Latin word. "Dies" means "day", and "Deus" means God, but as far as I know "dias" doesn't mean anything.
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first, he departed from Portugal and he ended in Africa
Born: ca. 1450 Birthplace: Died: May 1500 Best Known As: Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope Bartolomeu Dias was a Portugese navigator whose 1487-88 Atlantic voyage around the southern tip of Africa opened sea routes between Europe and Asia. In 1486 King João II (King John II) assigned Dias, a member of the royal court, to command a voyage with both spiritual and material aspirations: Dias was to search for the lands of Prester John -- a legendary Christian priest and African king -- and challenge the Muslim dominance of trade with Asia. By 1488 Dias had unknowingly rounded the African continent in a storm and made landfall at what is now Mossel Bay. On his return voyage he discovered what he called the Cape of Storms (Cabo Tormentoso), later re-named the Cape of Good Hope (Caboda Bõa Esperança) by João. Although Dias did not find any sign of an African Christian, his voyage established a sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean and Asia. In 1497 Dias accompanied Vasco da Gama on a voyage as far as the Cape Verde Islands, and in 1500 he joined Pedro Alvares Cabral's westward expedition. Dias's ship went down in a storm and he perished at sea sometime in late May (Cabral went on to make landfall in Brazil). Dias's brother, Pero Dias, was also part of the 1487-88 voyage, commanding the supply ship... The Cape of Good Hope is sometimes thought to be the southernmost tip of the African continent, but that title belongs to Cape Agulhas... His name is sometimes spelled Bartholomew Diaz.
artolomeu DiasNavigator / ExplorerBorn: c. 1450Died: May 1500Best known as: Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good HopeBartolomeu Dias was a Portugese navigator whose 1487-88 Atlantic voyage around the southern tip of Africa opened sea routes between Europe and Asia. In 1486 King João II (King John II) assigned Dias, a member of the royal court, to command a voyage with both spiritual and material aspirations: Dias was to search for the lands of Prester John -- a legendary Christian priest and African king -- and challenge the Muslim dominance of trade with Asia. By 1488 Dias had unknowingly rounded the African continent in a storm and made landfall at what is now Mossel Bay. On his return voyage he discovered what he called the Cape of Storms (Cabo Tormentoso), later re-named the Cape of Good Hope (Caboda Bõa Esperança) by João. Although Dias did not find any sign of an African Christian, his voyage established a sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean and Asia. In 1497 Dias accompanied Vasco da Gama on a voyage as far as the Cape Verde Islands, and in 1500 he joined Pedro Alvares Cabral's westward expedition. Dias's ship went down in a storm and he perished at sea sometime in late May (Cabral went on to make landfall in Brazil).Extra credit: Dias's brother, Pero Dias, was also part of the 1487-88 voyage, commanding the supply ship... The Cape of Good Hope is sometimes thought to be the southernmost tip of the African continent, but that title belongs to Cape Agulhas... His name is sometimes spelled Bartholomew Diaz.
Bartolomeu Dias explored the southern tip of Africa, now known as the Cape of Good Hope, in 1488. He was the first European explorer to sail around this point, paving the way for future maritime routes to Asia.
It sailed 3,500 nautical miles.
he commanded many ships but sailed on gabriel as far as i know