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...
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Robert Sinclair
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
David Livingstone
Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasgow. Qualified as a doctor in order to go as a medical missionary to China. Got the source of the Nile wrong and failed t...
Person, Exploring, Religion, Seriously Famous, Africa, Scotland
2 memorials
David Young
Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Charles Johnson
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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