Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, demonstrating the possibility of traveling from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean?
A) Bartolomeu Dias
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Prince Henry
D) Erik the Red

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Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, proving the feasibility of a sea route from Europe to Asia via the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Who Sailed Around the Cape of Good Hope, Demonstrating the Possibility