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Definition of Bartholomeu Dias
1. Noun. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bartholomeu Dias
Literary usage of Bartholomeu Dias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"ADS THE VOYAGES OF DIOGO CAO AND Bartholomeu Dias, 1482-88." By EG RAVENSTEIN.
WHEN Prince John, on August 26, 1481, and at the age of twenty-six, ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"This memorable discovery was made in 1487, by Bartholomeu Dias, ... Charts and
maps were examined, and Bartholomeu Dias himself related what had befallen ..."
3. Albuquerque by Henry Morse Stephens (1897)
"One of his captains, Diogo Cao or Cam, discovered the Congo in 1484, and in 1486
Bartholomeu Dias and Joao Infante for the first time doubled the ..."
4. History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi: From the Settlement by George McCall Theal (1907)
"Death of Bartholomeu Dias.—Arrival of Cabral at Mozambique. —Visit to Kilwa.—Events
at this place.—Visit to Melinde.— Events during the return passage. ..."
5. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"This memorable discovery was made in 1487, by Bartholomeu Dias, ... Charts and
maps were examined, and Bartholomeu Dias himself related what had befallen ..."
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