<P> Bartolomeu Dias ( Portuguese pronunciation : ( baɾtuluˈmew ˈdi. ɐʃ ) ; Anglicized : Bartholomew Diaz ; c. 1450 -- 29 May 1500 ) , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household , was a Portuguese explorer . He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 , reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic , the first European known to have done so . </P>
<P> Bartolomeu Dias ( Portuguese pronunciation : ( baɾtuluˈmew ˈdi. ɐʃ ) ; Anglicized : Bartholomew Diaz ; c. 1450 -- 29 May 1500 ) , a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household , was a Portuguese explorer . He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 , reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic , the first European known to have done so . </P>
which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of africa to india
which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of africa to india
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias