The first explorer to circumnavigate the African continent _____ .
Q.1 (A) (i) The first explorer to circumnavigate the African continent _____ .
A. Henry the Navigator
B. Marco Polo
C. Bartholomew Dias
D. Columbus
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Answer: C. Bartholomew Dias
Answer: (c) Bartholomew Dias
In 1487–88 the Portuguese sailor Bartholomew Dias sailed down the west coast of Africa and rounded its southern tip, which he called the Cape of Storms; King John II renamed it the Cape of Good Hope. This opened the sea route to India that Vasco da Gama used in 1498. Prince Henry the Navigator sponsored voyages but did not sail them himself; Marco Polo travelled overland to China and Columbus sailed west to America.
Statement: The first explorer to circumnavigate the African continent was Bartholomew Dias.
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