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Who passed the southern tip of Africa in 1498?

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dias sailed with the De gama expidition
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Dias sailed with the da Gama expedition as far as the Cape Verde Islands, then returned to Guinea. Da Gama's ships reached their goal of India in May 1498, nearly a decade after Dias' historic trip around the tip of Africa.
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