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Topic: Bartholomew Dias

Vital Stats

The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Most admires:

Carmen Miranda

Favorite possession(s):

Yacht, Dictionary

Personality:

Wacky

Favorite artist(s):

Giovanni Bellini

Favorite explorer(s):

Vasco de Gama, Francis Drake, Leif Ericson

Favorite animal(s):

Dolphin

Favorite royal(s):

King Shaka Zulu

Interest(s):

French, Latin

Favorite movie(s):

Titanic

Likes to wear:

Afro

Favorite destination(s):

France, South America, London

Favorite sportsperson(s):

Pele (soccer)

Favorite political figure(s):

Cecil Rhodes

Expert Talk

The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.

Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender

Bartholomew Dias erected a wooden padrao on St Croix in 1488 and the island was also used as a whaling station in the 19th century.

Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker

After Bartholomew Dias successfully sailed the treacherous intersection of the Benguela and Agulhas current (the Cape of Good Hope), it took three separate Portuguese voyages between 1486 and 1497 to learn to navigate successfully through the Agulhas current, travelling in the opposite direction.

User Talk

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From: shanaynay 2005-05-17 22:14:42	when was bartholomew born?
From: A 2008-11-01 15:26:51	When and where was Bartholomew Dias born and where and when did he die?

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