bartolomeu dias captained the first european ship to sail around the tip of africa.
who captained the first european ship to sail around the tip of africa?
bartolomeu dias
in 1424, gil eanes crosses the cape bojador. diogo cão and bartolomeu dias arrived to the mouth of the zaire river in 1482. in the same year, the são jorge da mina castle is built in the coast of western africa, by diogo de azambuja, becoming one of the most important portuguese naval bases.





























in 1488, bartolomeu dias becomes the first european to sail around the southernmost tip of africa, the cape of good hope.
portuguese navy
bullet::::- "victoria", the first ship in history to circumnavigate the globe (1519 to 1522), and the only survivor of magellan's expedition for spain.





























bullet::::- "la dauphine", verrazzano's ship to explore the atlantic coast of north america in 1524.





























bullet::::- "grande hermine", in which jacques cartier first navigated the saint lawrence river in 1535. the first european ship to sail on this river past the gulf.





























bullet::::- "santo antónio", or "st. anthony", the personal property of king john iii of portugal, wrecked off gunwalloe bay in 1527, the salvage of whose cargo almost led to a war between england and portugal.
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