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Read these statements by Bartolomeu Dias. Which one is a lie?

“I sailed for Portugal.”
“I discovered a sea route to India.”
“I named the Cape of Good Hope.”
“I lost sight of land because of storms.”

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The lie in Bartolomeu Dias's statements is "I discovered a sea route to India."

Although he is credited with being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, thereby opening up the sea route to the east, he did not actually discover the sea route to India himself.

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Answer:

It’s B “i discovered a sea route to India”

Step-by-step explanation:

I took this assignment

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