Bartolomeu Dias: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

The 16th-century historians João de Barros, Galvão, and Duarte Pacheco Pereira provide a historical perspective. Helpful 20th-century works include Eric Axelson, South-East Africa, 1488–1530 (1940, reprinted 1969); and Eric Axelson (ed.), Dias and His Successors (1988).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Famous Explorers - Bartolomeu Dias. Aug 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape. Nov 27, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Biography of Bartolomeu Dias. Apr 20, 2022
Media added. Feb 08, 2021
Corrected display issue. Sep 05, 2019
Add new Web site: Famous Explorers - Biography of Bartolomeu Dias. Feb 06, 2019
Add new Web site: Delia Group of Schools - Biography of Bartholomeu Dias. Oct 09, 2017
Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Bartholomew Dias. Dec 28, 2016
Revised discussion of the brother who headed Dias's supply ship. Aug 19, 2015
Added additional detail regarding his later years. Apr 06, 2015
Add new Web site: The Mariners' Museum and Park - Bartolomeu Dias. Mar 03, 2014
Add new Web site: South African History Online - Bartolomeu Dias. Apr 01, 2013
Bibliography revised and updated. Oct 27, 2008
Article revised and updated. Oct 22, 2008
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Bartolomeu Dias. Jul 25, 2007
Added new Web site: History Central - Biography of Bartolomeu Dias. Jul 19, 2007
Article revised and updated. Jun 27, 2007
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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