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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)
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Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci

Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Prince Henry

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Bartolomeu Dias.

He was the first among these to round the southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope, 1488) using new sailing technologies like the caravel and navigational instruments (the astrolabe); Vasco da Gama later used those advances to reach India.