Person    | Male  Born 1451  Died 24/5/1500

Bartolomeu Dias

Categories: Exploring

Countries: Africa, Portugal

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.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

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...

Read More

Other Subjects

Alexander Wilson

Alexander Wilson

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
F. R. M. Crozier

F. R. M. Crozier

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Stephen S. Stanley

Stephen S. Stanley

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Admiral George Anson

Admiral George Anson

Admiral.  Born Staffordshire.  1740-4 circumnavigated the globe.   Captured a Spanish galleon loaded with gold and silver (aren't they all?) and returned home a wealthy man.  Died at home, Moor Par...

Person, Armed Forces, Exploring

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Frederick  E. E. Schenck

Frederick E. E. Schenck

Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he moved to London in 1888. Often worked with the architect Henry Hare. Speel provides a lot of information including that Sche...

Person, Sculpture, Scotland

4 memorials
G. C. Rich

G. C. Rich

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Scurr House

John Scurr House

E14, Ratcliffe Lane

John Scurr House This block was built by Stepney Borough Council in 1937 and named after John Scurr (1876 - 1932) the Labour MP for Mile ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Bill Kenwright

Bill Kenwright

Born Liverpool. West End theatre producer and chairman of Everton Football Club.

Person, Cinema, Sport / Games, Theatre

1 memorial
E M A H S

E M A H S

EMAHS stands for Ealing Museum Art and History Society - they appear to be defunct now, 2017.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial