Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope

Category
Discovery
Place
South Africa
Date
1488
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The aim of the expedition was to secure a route to the Indian Ocean and the alluring Asian spice trade. . . . Dias realized he had discovered the African landmass's southern limits." [1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Geography
-3800
2020
Transcultural