Portuguese nobleman who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, in 1488, the first European known to do so since ancient times.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bartolomeu Dias
Commemorated ati
Dias statue
Dias rests his right hand on a cross which tops what appears to be a lighthou...
Other Subjects
Charles Best
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
John McDouall Stuart
Australian explorer. Â Born Scotland. Trained as a civil engineer and aged 23 emigrated to Australia where 1858 - 62 he made 6 expeditions into the interior searching out new pastures and surveying ...
Daniel Arthur
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Edgar Evans
Born Wales. Met Scott when both were serving in the Royal Navy. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Injured on the way to the pole he was the first to ...
Edward Whymper
Mountaineer and wood-engraver. Born at Lambeth Terrace, Kennington Road. He trained as a wood-engraver, producing alpine scenery drawings. He made the first ascent of many peaks in the Mont Blanc M...

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