Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3422AA279
Site Name
Bartolomeu Dias Statue, Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex, Mossel Bay
Site Category
References
Site Relationships
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 05:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 05:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Inscriptions where removed from the statue
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Bartolomeu Dias c. 1450 – 29 May 1500, a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European to do so, setting up the route from Europe to Asia later on. Dias is the first European during the Age of Discovery to anchor at what is present-day South Africa.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
Yes
Construction Materials
Bronze
Pedestal Material
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
Opening the sea route from Europe to Asia
Inscriptions
/Commemoration of a Portuguese navigator and explorer who led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good hope in 1488/
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.180291, 22.141299
Western Cape
- Eden
- Mossel Bay
Directions to Site
The memorial is located in Durban CBD, on the corner of Dr Pixley KaSeme and Dorothy Nyembe Streets
Access details
Access granted to public by the museum.
Media
Media
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