Question 1

Does Africa ever end — and is there sea on the other side?

Accepted Answer

In 1488 Dias was blown south by a storm, turned east, and found the coast running north-east. He had rounded the southern tip of Africa without seeing it.

Question 2

Bartolomeu Dias: what happened in 1488?

Accepted Answer

Blown out to sea — A storm drives the ships south for days, out of sight of land.

Question 3

Bartolomeu Dias: what happened in 1488?

Accepted Answer

Sees the cape — On the way home he sights the cape he had passed. It is later named Good Hope.

Bartolomeu Dias — Atlantic · 1488 · round the cape · Great Explorers

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