Bartolomeu Dias was born around 1450 in the Faro District of Portugal. His family had a maritime background, and one of his ancestors, Dinis Dias, explored...
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Karel Doorman-class frigate (redirect from Bartolomeu Dias-class frigate)
purchase of the frigates Van Nes and Van Galen. Van Nes, renamed NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F333), was transferred to Portugal on 16 January 2009 and Van Galen...
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NRP Bartolomeu Dias has been the name of more than one Portuguese Navy ship, and may refer to: NRP Bartolomeu Dias (1934), an Afonso de Albuquerque-class...
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She was sold to the Portuguese Navy where the ship was renamed NRP Bartolomeu Dias. HNLMS Van Nes is one of eight Karel Doorman-class frigates and built...
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Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias. Dias arrived in what is now Angola on 11 February 1575. Attracted by...
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The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex (also spelled "Bartholomeu") is the second biggest provincial museum affiliated to the Western Cape Department of Cultural...
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Cape of Good Hope (redirect from Dias Beach)
the first modern rounding of the cape in 1487 by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was a milestone in the attempts by the Portuguese to establish direct...
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Portuguese artist Bartolomeu Dias - Portuguese explorer, and the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa Bartolomeu de Gusmão – Portuguese...
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Diogo Dias, also known as Diogo Gomes, was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer. He was the brother of Bartolomeu Dias and discovered some of the Cape Verde...
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There are at least three statues of Bartolomeu Dias, the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa. This exploration, in 1488, led...
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to the East and routes to South America and Northern North America. Bartolomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa and Vasco da Gama reached India...
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the original cross erected by Bartolomeu Dias are located at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. "Dias Cross Memorial Kwaaihoek Alexandria...
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NRP Bartolomeu Dias was a sloop of the Portuguese Navy. The ship was the second of the Afonso de Albuquerque class, which also included the lead ship...
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forms part of Limpopo province South Africa. In 1487-87, Bartolomeu Dias (or Bartholomew Dias) a Portuguese navigator sailed south along the coast of Southern...
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Navy is formed, by the decree of Maximillian of Austria. February 3 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay, after rounding the Cape of Good Hope...
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government erected two navigational beacons, Dias Cross and da Gama Cross, to commemorate da Gama and Bartolomeu Dias, who were the first modern European explorers...
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discovering the land of legendary Prester John, by overland routes. Bartolomeu Dias, at the same time, went out to by sea find the Prester's country, as...
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featured the Age of Discovery, with João de Barros, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Henry the Navigator. The last 100 banknote depicted...
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the 20th century three padrões erected by Diogo Cão and one by Bartolomeu Dias. At the Dias Cross Memorial on the coast of South Africa's Eastern Cape province...
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Luciano Cordeiro, Diogo Cão in Boletim da Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, 1892; Diogo Cão (pt) Os descobrimentos portugueses: Diogo Cão e Bartolomeu Dias...
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when the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias landed with his men at a point close to the site of the modern-day Dias Museum Complex. Here they found...
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finding a sea route to the source of the lucrative spice trade. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and in 1498 Vasco da Gama reached India...
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Bartolomeu Dias finding the southern tip of Africa, and Gama's departure; additionally, there are indications of further travels by Bartolomeu Dias in...
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Africa's coast under the sponsorship of prince Henry the Navigator, with Bartolomeu Dias reaching the Cape of Good Hope and entering the Indian Ocean in 1488...
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showing Estêvão da Gama (far left) and António de Abreu (far right), Bartolomeu Dias (centre left) and Diogo Cão (centre right) raise a padrão/marker...
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1418, under the sponsorship of Prince Henry the Navigator. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias reached the Indian Ocean by this route. In 1492, the Catholic Monarchs...
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NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334) (category Bartolomeu Dias-class frigates)
General characteristics Class and type Karel Doorman-class frigate (Bartolomeu Dias-Class) Displacement 2,800 long tons (2,845 t) standard 3,320 long tons...
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journalist Bartolomeu Dias (1450–1500), Portuguese explorer Bennet Dias Gunasekera (1919–2002), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician Bruno Dias (born...
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explorer of the African coast. He was born in Alenquer and accompanied Bartolomeu Dias on his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487 and 1488. Alenquer...
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David Bartolomeu Dias (born 21 April 1969 in Luanda) is a former Angolan basketball power forward. He competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics...
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