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Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope?
His name was Bartolomeu Dias and he did it around 1487.He named it the good hope cape after passing it, as before it was called The monsoons cape because of the heavy storms in that area.
Who sailed around Africa to India during the renaissance?
Vasco da Gama. He discovered the sea route from Portugal to India, around the Cape of Good Hope.
Who sailed around the tip of south America?
vasco da gama sailed from Portugal to India by going around the cape of good hope in south America - he sailed for the french
What did Bartolemo Dias do?
He sailed from Portugal to the Cape of Good Hope (Southern tip of Africa) in the 15th century.
What nickname did bartolomeu dias have?
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the southern tip of Africa. (The Cape of Good Hope)
Where did Vasco Da Gama travel to?
Vasco Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8, 1497, heading to East. Da Gama rounded Africa's Cape of Good Hope on November 22, and continued on to India. Gama reached Calicut, India on May 20,1498 and left India on August 29,1498. Da Gama returned to Lisbon, Portugal in September,1499.
What explorer sailed from Europe to Africa?
That explorer was Bartolomeu Dias. He sailed from Portugal to the tip of Africa which King Joa`named the Cape of Good Hope.I hope that I helped you ~ Oliviabbie
What was one difference between Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias?
vasco da gama sailed around the cape of good hope but continued onto india, unlike dias who sailed around the cape of good hope but did not go further.
what is Portugal to cape of good hope?
The first sailors to discover Cape of Good Hope came from Portugal.
What did king john of Portugal renamed the southern tip of Africa?
King John of Portugal renamed the southern tip of Africa the Cape of Good Hope. He renamed it that because it's discovery indicated that a sea route to India would soon be found.
Where did Vasco da Gama travel on his voyages?
America and India He started from Porugal and traveled aroound the Cape of Good Hope, which he once sailed to, and he went north to india.
Bartolomeu Dias sailed for the English and the Dutch in what year?
Dias did not sail for the Dutch or the English, but for Portugal and is famous for his 1487 to 1488 expedition around the Cape of Good Hope.
