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BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… Bartolomeu Dias, also spelt: Bartholomew Diaz. He was a Portuguese … who sailed after him. King João II of Portugal financed Dias’s expedition. Dias took…
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… Portuguese seafarer Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Luderitz Bay after … the same day exactly 10 years later, on 25 December 1497, Dias's…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 May 1936. The Dias Cross Memorial is a Provincial Heritage Site at … Cross erected by Bartholomew Dias …
EventBartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay
… Bartolomeu Dias discovered that he had sailed past the southern-most … Bartolomeu Dias reaches present Mossel Bay …
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… 1487, Portuguese explorer and navigator Bartholomew Dias anchored in what is now known as Walvis Bay. Dias was on an expedition to discover a sea route to…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… foot on South African soil was Bartholomew (or Bartolomeu) Dias. In December 1487 Dias sailed down the African coast, landing in among other … de Boa…
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects his first padrÁƒo, or stone cross, at Kwaaihoek … coast. It is South Africa's oldest monument. Bartholomew Dias…
BiographySheik Yusuf
Sheik Yusuf, ruler of Gowa on the Islands of Celebes in South East Asia, was born in 1626. He was also the brother of the Sultan of Macassar. In 1646 Yusuf…
The Rosebud, 341 Ton, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Dias Beach, Mossel Bay.
… 341 Ton, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Dias Beach, Mossel Bay. …
Bartolomeu Dias erects the second padrão, that of St. Philip, at Cape Maclear, west of Cape Point, on his return journey. v.
… Bartolomeu Dias erects the second padrão, that of St. Philip, at Cape …
Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.
… Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns …
Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 29 May in another source a
… Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns …
Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was
… Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, …
Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout
… Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after …
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… on the shores of the West Coast of Africa. Bartholomeu Dias explored the continent further southwards and in 1488 unknowingly sailed round the Cape. Dias…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… Walvis Bay. 1487 The Portuguese explorer Batholemeu Dias sails down the coast to reach southern Angola. He later … Walvis Bay and soon after at LÁ¼deritz Bay…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
… Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February … than 164 000 years. They have since built a modern-day Dias Museum Complex, on the…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… the arrival of Europeans. In 1487 and 1488 Bartholmew Dias , a Portuguese explorer, circumnavigated the southern …
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… it he had actually rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Dias' excursion ashore ended hastily though, because the … and Europeans took place in Mossel Bay in 1488…
...but coloured families to stay
… Press article about the Dias Divisional Council's decision to allow coloured families …
9 Ships run ashore in Table Bay
… 'Cape of Storms' (Cabo das Tormentas) by Bartholomeu Dias , the first Portuguese explorer to reach the Cape in …
PlaceAogutoas, Village near Port Nolloth
… away the old man'. Its location was marked by Bartolomeu Dias on his epic voyage around the Cape, in 1487. It was the …
EventThe Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay
… References: Anon. (unknown) 'Shipwrecks' from the Dias Museum Complex [online] Available at: 'diasmuseum.co.za' …
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… bottom end of Adderley Street, are statues of Bartholomew Dias, a Portuguese explorer who was the first European to …
Robben Island
… fresh water available from a number of springs. Batolomeu Dias, the Portuguese explorer, 'discovered' the island in …
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… was given in 1488 by the Portuguese mariner Bartholomeu Dias because contrary winds caused many tracks in the sand …
PlaceTable Bay
… Town and the famous Natural Table Mountain . Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore the region in 1486. …
EventJan van Riebeeck's statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… bottom end of Adderley Street, are statues of Bartholomew Dias, a Portuguese explorer who was the first European to …
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… who then also gave Table Bay, its Dutch name. Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore the region in 1486. …
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… Africa. Whereas previous explorers, such as Bartholomew Dias, had turned back after making landfall on the southern …