Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus is important because he encountered the New World and North America and his voyages led to the first lasting European contact with the Americans. (1492)
2.) Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer. Dias is important because he reached the southernmost tip of Africa and was the first known European to have reached the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic. (1488)
2.) Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer. Dias is important because he reached the southernmost tip of Africa and was the first known European to have reached the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic. (1488)