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Which European explorer was the first to use new technologies, such as the caravel and astrolabe, to sail around Africa to Asia?(1 point)
Responses

Prince Henry
Prince Henry

Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias

Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

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Bartolomeu Dias

He was the Portuguese navigator who first rounded the southern tip of Africa (the Cape of Good Hope) using advances like the caravel and navigational instruments such as the astrolabe, opening the sea route toward Asia.