Dias Diogo , also known as Diogo Gomes, was born in Portugal probably before 1450. Historical facts about his life are confused and in part controversial, it seems incredible that one man was able to participate in all the key dates of Portuguese exploration.
E 'some who participated in August from 1487 to the famous expedition of Bartolomeu's brother, who rounded the Cape of Good Hope (Cabo das Tormentas then ) . It 'also likely that he accompanied Antonio Da Noli when they discovered a part of the' archipelago of Cape Verde. It also seems that Vasco Da Gama took part in the fundamental discovery of the route from Portugal to the Indian subcontinent. Just latter 'was put in charge of the emporium Portuguese-base of Calcutta and was imprisoned at the behest of local authorities, succeeded in a daring escape to regain freedom.
Having reached a considerable degree of experience and skill, in a subsequent period was appointed commander of one of the ships in the fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral. Accompanying the latter 's first traveled to India and then participate in the historic discovery of Brazil, in April 1500.
few months later, was the 'summer of 1500, his ship near the Cape of Good Hope, suffered a detour because of bad weather, find venendosi separated from the rest of the fleet.
In the following months as he tried to return to the area 's current Mozambique, Dias sighted the island of Mauritius, to Reunion and Madagascar, which already was known to Arab navigators, but unknown to Europeans (if is excludes Marco Polo who wrote it but only by hearsay). He named it Ilha de São Lourenço, since the sighting occurred on August 10, the day dedicated to the Saint Lawrence.
Diogo Dias, who in his life he saw much of a world hitherto unknown, probably died after 1500, little more than fifty.
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