Imagine a journey that could take you around an entire continent, into uncharted waters that have never before been explored by any other European explorers, facing dangers and establishing ports that would change the trading future of Europe. My report is about the life and expedition of Bartolomeu Diaz, one of the most important people during the Age of Exploration, and the leader of the expedition that would round the southern tip of Africa, opening up trade to India and Asia, and cutting out the middleman for trade.
Bartolomeu Dias was born in 1450 to a wealthy Portuguese family. Not much is known about Bartolomeu Dias’s early life, except that he received a very good education. There is a theory that he is a descendent of Prince Henry the Navigator’s pilots, but there is not facts to prove this. One of the only things know about his early life is that he was in charge of some of king João II’s warehouses. He also made a single voyage on some type of warship.
In 1486 the king of Portugal gave Bartolomeu Dias the job of leading an expedition to find a sea route to India. He was probably in his mid 30s when the king asked him to go on his expedition. The king of …show more content…
João's successor, Manuel I ordered Dias to serve as a shipbuilding consultant for the expedition of Vasco da Gama. Dias sailed with the da Gama expedition as far as the Cape Verde Islands, then returned to Guinea. Da Gama's ships reached their goal of India in May 1498. Afterward, Manuel sent out a massive fleet to India under Pedro Álvares Cabral and Dias captained four of the ships. They reached Brazil in March 1500, then headed across the Atlantic toward South Africa and, further ahead, the Indian subcontinent. At the feared Cabo das Tormentas, storms struck the fleet of 13 ships. In May 1500, four of the ships were wrecked, including Dias' and all crew lost at
Bartolomeu Dias was born in 1450 to a wealthy Portuguese family. Not much is known about Bartolomeu Dias’s early life, except that he received a very good education. There is a theory that he is a descendent of Prince Henry the Navigator’s pilots, but there is not facts to prove this. One of the only things know about his early life is that he was in charge of some of king João II’s warehouses. He also made a single voyage on some type of warship.
In 1486 the king of Portugal gave Bartolomeu Dias the job of leading an expedition to find a sea route to India. He was probably in his mid 30s when the king asked him to go on his expedition. The king of …show more content…
João's successor, Manuel I ordered Dias to serve as a shipbuilding consultant for the expedition of Vasco da Gama. Dias sailed with the da Gama expedition as far as the Cape Verde Islands, then returned to Guinea. Da Gama's ships reached their goal of India in May 1498. Afterward, Manuel sent out a massive fleet to India under Pedro Álvares Cabral and Dias captained four of the ships. They reached Brazil in March 1500, then headed across the Atlantic toward South Africa and, further ahead, the Indian subcontinent. At the feared Cabo das Tormentas, storms struck the fleet of 13 ships. In May 1500, four of the ships were wrecked, including Dias' and all crew lost at