The official report of the expedition has been lost. Cape Agulhas also defines the official geographic divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Pin On Places To Visit Bartolomeu Dias in full Bartolomeu Dias de Novais Bartolomeu also spelled Bartholomew Dias also spelled Diaz born c. . Cape of Good Hope is one of five major league capes jutting into the ferocious Southern Ocean. Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was the first known European to discover the cape. This was the time of the great explorations by sea by the Portuguese. The Cape of Good Hope is at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula about 23 kilometres 14 mi west and a little south of Cape Point on the south-east corner. Vasco da Gamas route during his first voyage. Marco Polo was the inspiration for the period because he introduced Asian productions to Europeans. 1480-1521 Sent in by Charles V of Spain to find a sea route. 1450died Ma