Which is an accurate description of Bartolomeu Dias? A. He was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa. B. He introduced the Portuguese language in what is now Brazil. C. He knew that he could reach Asia by sailing westward across the Atlantic. D. He was sent by the Portuguese court to find the southern tip of Africa..

Bartolmeau Dias was a famous Portuguese explorer who lived from 1451 until 1500. Dias is famous of the trip he took in 1488 when (A) he was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa.

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michell96 michell96 · Answer 2 · 2019-01-17T17:59:57-05:00

The correct answer is A. He was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa

Explanation:

Bartolomeu Dias was a nobleman in the Portuguese royal household and an explorer. In 1487 he began an expedition to find a new trade route from Europe to India and as a result during around ten months he sailed around Africa and finally reached India in 1488, establishing a new route from Europe to Asia. Bartolomeu's trip was not only important for creating a new trade route but because Dias was the first European explorer that could sail to the southern tip of Africa and then reached India by sailing around this continent.