Diogo Dias is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Diogo Dias as Portuguese explorer.
Diogo Dias was born at Algarve in 1450. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Portugal.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Diogo Dias died in 1500, aged 50. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer
