CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bartolomeu Dias
A famous Portuguese navigator of the fifteenth century, discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope; died at sea, 29 May, 1500.
Mossel Bay - Garden Route
The first meeting ever between inhabitants of Europe and Africa on Southern African soil occurred at Mossel Bay in 1488 when Bartolomeu Dias set foot ashore...
Bartolomeu Diaz
Bartolomeu Diaz