Bartolomeu Dias

The biography of the Portuguese discoverer Bartolomeu Dias (Bartholomew Diaz) (1450-1500). In 1488, he became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa. He subsequently took part in the voyages of discovery of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Cabral. Official web site : http://viartis.net/publishers/bartolomeu.dias.htm

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• Bartholomeu Dias
• Bartholomew Diaz
• South Africa
• Mossel Bay
• Cape of Good Hope
• Portugal
• 15th century
• Pedro Cabral
• Vasco da Gama

[Viartis]

Unfortunately, some of the greatest discoveries and discoverers of that time were barely documented.

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[ramses0101]

@Luso515PorTuoGraal thank you 

[Luso515PorTuoGraal]

As I said playing with a round or square sail in the front, and some times with more masts of round sails accompanied by the masts of latin or triangular ones, of course, then creating the Caravela Redonda at the time(Other Creation). Also with a powerful rudder (Leme). We put better maneuverable autonomy in this new ships(needed because, were usually bigger than tradicional arab triangular dhows) Were the better exploration and discovery vessel sailing ever, probably.

[Luso515PorTuoGraal]

but accompanied by several Caravels on these expeditions, vital caravels for recognition and exploitation by sail against prevailing winds. The Portuguese Caravels were inspired from the arab (some Bizantines and Mediterraneans before also used aprouch triangular sails) for our lateen sails. Portuguese created more autonomy to the sails and masts and greater maneuverability, using the wind often with two or three large triangular sails and sometimes playing with a round or square sail,

[Luso515PorTuoGraal]

they had to invent a ship that can sail against headwinds according to the Bizantine and Arabic models(but also in ancient triangular portuguese fishing boats it is said by investigators, but more developed, and with some differences and better provision and maneuverability of Sails (1435s). For 1490s were created the first Naus ( Carracks ) and proto-ocean Galleons, which Vasco da Gama and Pedro Alvares Cabral led (already knowing the winds and the routes across the western Atlantic)

[Luso515PorTuoGraal]

@ramses0101 Yes, exactly, had triangular sails manoeuvrable, inspired by arab Boutros, erlier arab dhows or qaribs and portuguese medieval fishing ships. Up to 1435 (passage of the cape Boujdour, Africa, near the Canary Islands), Henry`s navigators wore the old traditional European boats (Barges) of round or square sail, but they could explore further,