The first Portuguese explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa and view the Indian Ocean was

a. Bartolomeu Dias.
b. Prince Henry.
c. Vasco da Gama.
d. Ferdinand Magellan.
e. Jesus Alou.


ANSWER:
a

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