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Dias

noun

Portuguese 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). Synonyms: Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz, Diaz.

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... "Buenas dias, amigos," he called to them. But, though he hailed them in the name of friendship, his eyes were sullen and gave the lie to his speech. "You would be fatigued with walking across the cursed desert; you would be parched with thirst. Yonder," and he pointed toward the ...

— Daughter of the Sun - A Tale of Adventure • Jackson Gregory

... arrival of Almagro in Chili, one of his captains named Ruy Dias came to him with a reinforcement of a hundred men, and informed him that all the natives of Peru had revolted and had massacred most of the Spaniards in that country. Almagro was much grieved at this intelligence, and resolved ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. • Robert Kerr

... coasting as after August 14 and the date of arrival at the Cape as September 12. This last chronological difficulty may perhaps be accounted for in this way: The original manuscript of the Historie may have had "XXX dias," which a copyist or the Italian translator may have ...

— The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 • Various

Words linked to "Dias" : Bartholomeu Dias, navigator