Question

Read these statements by Bartolomeu Dias. Which one is a lieThis statement is a lie: "I was the first explorer to discover a sea route to India.” Rewrite the statement to say something that is true.

Answer 1

Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese sailor,born in 1450. He was the first explorer to round the extreme south of Africa in 1488,joining for the first time the Indian Ocean with the Atlantic.He also was the first european to sail far from the coast.He made an invaluable contribution to the discovey pf a sea route to the Indies.

Answer 2

A true statement would be: "I was the first explorer to sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa". He did so in 1488, setting the route to India in later voyages.