Sailing Into Empire: Dias & the Dawn of Global Exploration ⛵🌍📚

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Escudo, inspired by legends ✠

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#BartolomeuDias of #Portugal took two caravels and a supply ship to explore, hoping to find #PresterJohn's Christian kingdom in #Africa. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1488 he landed in #MosselBay, around the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.

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