HyperDic: bartholomeu_dias

English > 1 sense of the expression Bartholomeu Dias:
NOUNperson Bartholomeu Dias, Dias, Diaz, Bartholomeu DiazPortuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)
English > Bartholomeu Dias: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningPortuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
SynonymsDias, Diaz, Bartholomeu Diaz
Instance ofnavigatorIn earlier times, a person who explored by ship

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