Bartholomeu DiasBartholomeu Dias was a Portuguese

explorer who sailed

around the southernmos

t tip of Africa, in

1488.

On October 10, 1486

King John II of

Portugal sent Dias

on a mission to

find go around the southern

tip of Africa,

hoping to find a

trade route to India.

Dias wanted to

keep sailing and enter India but he was forced to

turn around

because he crew

refused to go on.

On his way back to

Lisbon, he discovered the Cape of Good Hope

in May 1488.

After gone for sixteen

months, Dias returns home to Lisbon in December of

1488.By: Kylee Woods

Dias was born in

1457 and died in 1500.

Dias was an navigator

and explorer and was the

first European to lead a 1487

voyage.

1486 Dias was named the

leader of the expedition to sail

around the southern tip of Africa by King

John II.

King John II also told Dias

to make contact with a Christian ruler in the Indies

called Prester John.

Dias’ voyage for King John II lasted 16 months.

In 1481 Dias joined Diogo d’ Azambuja to explore the

Gold Coast of Africa.

In 1486 Dias sailed for King John II to find trade route to India and also to

make contact with Prester John.

In 1487 Dias embarked from the River Tagus below Lisbon.

1488 Dias returned to

Lisbon having opened the Trade route.

1500 Dias accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral on

the voyage that resulted in the discovery of Brazil.

Dias had 3

different

voyages.

1500 Dias assisted on a voyage

to discover Brazil.

1497 Dias assisted

an expedition led by Vasco da Gama, to

India

1486 Dias went out

on an expedition

to sail around the southern

tip of Africa.

May 24, 1500, Dias dies in a storm in

the Cape of Good Hope.

Dias first caravel he sailed on

was called Sao

Cristovao.

Dias second

caravel he sailed in

was called Sao

Pantaleao.

Dias helped in the

building of Sao Gabriel

and it’s sister ship

Sao Rafael.

Dias also sailed half of da Gama’s voyage on

the Sao Gabriel.

On the first half of Dias’ sail with da

Gama, he was 2nd captain for

the time he sailed.

Dias nationality was

Portuguese and he had a noble

Portuguese family.

Dias’ career was

to be a navigator

and explorer.

Dias’ lifespan was 1457-1500.

May 14, 1500, Dias dies in a violent storm.

Christopher Columbus, Vasco

da Gama and Pedro Alvares Cabral all used charts prepared by Bartolomeu

Dias

Ferdinand MagellanBorn in

Sabrosa, northern

Portugal in 1480.

Obtained Spanish nationality in order

to serve King Charles I of Spain.

His 1519-1522 expedition, first

expedition to sail from Atlantic Ocean into

Pacific Ocean.

Assisted King Charles I in search of

westward route to “Spice

Islands.”

Named the Pacific Ocean the peaceful

sea.

Magellan was killed during the Battle of Mactan in

the Philippines.

First explorer to cross the meridians

of the globe.

His best maps

convinced him that he could sail to

the Spice

Islands by

rounding

southern tip of South

America.

Led five Spanish ships and 251 men

in the first around-the-world sailing expedition.

Studied astronomy

and navigation for

about two years.

Led the first European voyage of

discovery to circumnavigate the globe.

Magellan joined the Portuguese service to

sail with the fleet in 1505.

Magellan proved

himself in many battles in the name

of his country.

King Charles approved Magellan's plan and granted him

generous funds.

Magellan found the strait and named it the strait of All Saints, but it later was named after him.