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    between Europe and Asia. Bartolomeu Dias was born around 1455. His family had a maritime background, and one of his ancestors, Dinis Dias, explored the African...
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  • NRP Bartolomeu Dias has been the name of more than one Portuguese Navy ship, and may refer to: NRP Bartolomeu Dias (1934), an Afonso de Albuquerque-class...
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    She was sold to the Portuguese Navy where the ship was renamed NRP Bartolomeu Dias. HNLMS Van Nes is one of eight Karel Doorman-class frigates and built...
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    purchase of the frigates Van Nes and Van Galen. Van Nes, renamed NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F333), was transferred to Portugal on 16 January 2009 and Van Galen...
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    Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias. Dias arrived in what is now Angola on 11 February 1575. Attracted by...
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    The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex (also spelled "Bartholomeu") is the second biggest provincial museum affiliated to the Western Cape Department of Cultural...
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    to the East and routes to South America and Northern North America. Bartolomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa and Vasco da Gama reached India...
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    Cape of Good Hope (redirect from Dias Beach)
    the first modern rounding of the cape in 1487 by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was a milestone in the attempts by the Portuguese to establish direct...
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  • There are at least three statues of Bartolomeu Dias, the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa. This exploration, in 1488, led...
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  • Diogo Dias, also known as Diogo Gomes, was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer. He was the brother of Bartolomeu Dias and discovered some of the Cape Verde...
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