GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the southern tip of Africa (the Cape of Good Hope). His voyage showed that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans flowed into each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dias’ famous voyage to the southernmost tip of Africa and back lasted for 16 long months. Three ships set their sails on August 1487 from Lisbon, Portugal. They immediately sailed down beside the African coast, slowly visiting markers set by Diogo Cão and reaching Walvis Bay, Namibia, on December 8.

Detailed explanation-3: -Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Diaz sailed down along the west coast of the African continent and reached the southern tip of the continent. He named it the Cape of Good Hope as it gave the hope of discovering a sea route to the East. Q.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bartolomeu Dias, also called Bartholomew Diaz, was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope showed Europeans there was a feasible route to India around the storm-driven southern tip of Africa.