Bartolomeu Dias vs Ravidas
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Compare the life timelines of Bartolomeu Dias (1450–1500) and Ravidas (1450–1520) 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
Ravidas (1450–1520)
- — Born in Seer Goverdhanpur near Varanasi
- — Born into a family of leather workers Verified
- — Traditionally regarded as a disciple of Ramananda
- — Worked as a cobbler in Varanasi Verified
- — Composed devotional hymns preaching spiritual equality Verified
- — Envisioned the ideal city of Begampura in his poetry Verified
- — Tradition of Mirabai as his disciple
- — Died in northern India