Bartolomeu Dias vs Kabir
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Compare the life timelines of Bartolomeu Dias (1450–1500) and Kabir (1440–1518) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 50 years, from 1450 to 1500.
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Bartolomeu Dias (1450–1500)
- — Born in Portugal Verified
- — Served as a knight of the royal court and superintendent of the royal warehouses
- — Appointed by King John II to lead an expedition around southern Africa Verified
- — Departed Lisbon with three ships Verified
- — Rounded the Cape of Good Hope, first European to do so Verified
- — Returned to Lisbon after a voyage of some sixteen months Verified
- — Supervised construction of ships for Vasco da Gama's India expedition Verified
- — Sailed with Cabral's fleet and was present at the European discovery of Brazil Verified
- — Died in a storm near the Cape of Good Hope Verified
Kabir (1440–1518)
- — Raised by a Muslim weaver family
- — Born near Varanasi
- — Became a disciple of Ramananda
- — Worked as a weaver in Varanasi Verified
- — Composed devotional dohas and songs in vernacular Hindi Verified
- — Criticized ritualism of both Hinduism and Islam Verified
- — Said to have been summoned before Sultan Sikandar Lodi
- — Moved to Maghar late in life
- — Died at Maghar Verified