Batolomeu+Dias++by+kathleen

Kathleen Neal Bartolomeu Dias's Journal- the first european to lead a voyage aruond the southern tip of arrica.

I am Bartolomeu Dias. I was born in portugal in 1450. I am a portugese navigator who was inspired by my father to go exploring. I want more than anything to try and find a new route to the indies (and maybe even find gold!). I will try very hard to get the goods for my trip.

Finnaly King Joao ll has funded my voyage. Next comes 10 months of preparing, I will have all the things I need with two sailing ships ready to go by july... I hope.

March 1488- My crew and I were been sailing for months, until now, we found land! I am pretty sure we are in Asia. We are on land that we shall call The Cape of Good Hope, or Herdsman Bay. It is great here, we have a great camping space, and I have good thoughts about the future.

November 1489- We are still at the cape of good hope. We will return shortly. And we will show the others our fotune and present to them our map of the route.

( Dias did not know that he could keep going to get to the indies, so he stayed at the cape of good hope and returned to portugal months later. other voyagers then went around it and found the indies. he also thught that he had reached Asia)

1499- We have stayed in the cape of good hope for years. We are sailing back to portugal now. The winds and storms are bad now, worse than when we came. this is our only chance to get back to present our goods. I can't wait to tell the king and queen of portugal that we have found a new route to the indies!

1500- The people of portugal are very pleased with our accompishments, and will give me good fortune. But some of the people dont belive me because we found very little on the land. I am planning another trip down there to prove it and they are coming with me.

1500- We are now sailing back to the cape of good hope or Herdsman Bay, as I like to call it. We are going to show more people Herdmans Bay so that we can share it, and every one can sail to the indies an easier way.

The storms are even worse than ever before, and if we sink or drown, I just hope I have done somthing good for europe.

(Dias died on the way back and his ship sank in one of the storms.)