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).

Exact synonyms: Bartholomeu Diaz, Dias, Diaz
Generic synonyms: Navigator

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bartholomeu Dias

Bart's syndrome
Bart Simpson
Barth
Barth's hernia
Barthelme
Barthold George Niebuhr
Bartholdi
Bartholin
Bartholin's anus
Bartholin's cysts
Bartholin's duct
Bartholomeu Dias (current term)
Bartholomeu Diaz
Bartholomew
Bartholomew Roberts
Bartle Frere
Bartlesville
Bartlett
Bartlett's tinamou
Bartlett's tinamous
Bartletts
Bartok
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Bartolomeo Prignano
Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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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