For Dias made his way to open waters away from the coast and sailed there for several days. However,in 1488, fierce storms drove his fleet south. He pressed on and reached the Elizabeth Bay on December 26. Dias reached Walvis Bay, Namibia on December 8. The São Pantaleão was commanded by one of Dias’ associates, and the third vessel was a supply ship. Dias commanded the caravel São Cristóvão. It took a year of preparation before Bartolomeu Dias began his journey.īartolomeu Dias set sail from Lisbon, Portugal in August 1487. In October 1486 King John II appointed Dias as the head of an expedition to find a trade route to India. However, he did not reach the Indian Ocean. 5 After this, not much is known what happened to Cão. He continued south down Namibia where another marker was left at Cape Cross. He reached the Congo River, and sailed down along Angola’s coast where he planted a marker in King John’s name. Diogo Cão was one of the first captains to attempt this voyage. In 1481, King John II of Portugal began sending expeditions to find a sea route around the southern shores of Africa. From about 1419 until his death in 1460, Prince Henry sent several sailing expeditions down the coast of Africa. Much of the trade routes to India during this time were held by Arab traders who often charged high taxes on incoming and outgoing goods. He was born in 1394 and was the son of King John I and his English wife Philippa of Lancaster. He is responsible for Portugal’s age of exploration.
Prince Henry, however, did not really do much sailing. Much of Portuguese exploration began with Prince Henry the Navigator. Despite many attempts, the Portuguese explorers had been unsuccessful. They hoped to find a trade route from Europe to Asia by going around Africa. 3 During this time, Portugal was heavily exploring the African continent. They traveled down to the Gold Coast in Africa to a Portuguese fort on the Gulf of Guinea. He took a trip with a nobleman named Diogo de Azambuja in 1481. 2 Although he grew up in the mighty seafaring nation of Portugal, there is no detailed account of how Dias gained his sailing experience. By his mid-thirties, Dias worked in the Portuguese royal court in charge of the crown’s warehouse goods. 1 He was raised in a noble family, so he may have received a good education. He was born in 1450 near Lisbon, Portugal. Very little is known about Bartolomeu Dias’ (also spelled Bartholomew Diaz) early life. But with some luck and skill, Dias navigated these waters to open a new way to reach India from Europe. The coast of Africa often had terrible storms which often deterred explorers. In 1488, Dias proved that a sea trading route from Europe to Asia was possible. Bartolomeu Dias was the first European explorer to sail around the southern coast of Africa successfully.
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