Definitions of Bartholomeu Dias
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Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)
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synonyms:
Bartholomeu Diaz, Dias, Diaz
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navigator
in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
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navigator
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