His successors continued the good work, the equator was crossed, and in 1487 Dias passed the Cape of Good Hope and sailed eastward till his sailors mutinied.
Dias reaching Guinea in the same year, and Cape Verde in 1446.
As a result of this success, many of the sobas declared in favour of Portugal, but so inconsiderable were the forces at the command of Dias that he could do no more than maintain his position at Masanganu.
The story in the Catalogo, that Dias sent loads of cut-off noses to S.
Dias at once hastened back to Luandu for reinforcements, the serjeant-major, Manuel Joao, meanwhile valiantly defending the stockade and raiding the neighbourhood.
Dias four men had been killed at a village only six leagues from Luandu, and eaten.
Alvaro only enjoyed his prosperity for a short time, for when Paulo Dias landed at Luandu, in 1575, he was already dead.
From the very beginning, Dias de Novaes handed over the Sovas to the mercy of his fellow-adventurers and the Jesuits.
Masanganu is the famous fort on the Kwanza built by Paulo Dias de Novaes in 1583.
Whilst Dias was absent in Europe, Ngola defeated an army sent against him, and thus compelled the recognition of the Dande river as his boundary, the island of Luandu alone, with its productive njimbu fishery, remaining with Kongo.
The phrase in Las Casas is not algunos dias há, but há dias, i.
Dias was now fairly in the Indian ocean, and could look out with wistful triumph upon that waste of waters, but his worn-out crews refused to go any farther and he was compelled reluctantly to turn back.
Among the shipmates of Dias on this ever memorable voyage was a well-trained and enthusiastic Italian mariner, none other than Bartholomew, the younger brother of Christopher Columbus.
Sidenote: Bartholomew Diaspasses the Cape of Good Hope and enters the Indian ocean.
This voyage of Bartholomew Dias was longer and in many respects more remarkable than any that is known to have been made before that time.
On the way homeward the ships passed in full sight of the famous headland which Dias called the Stormy Cape; but after arriving at Lisbon, in December, 1487, when the report of this noble voyage was laid before King John II.
The Spanish retranslator from Ulloa renders it exactly algunos dias há (Navarrete, Coleccion, tom.
It gave me no concern that the names of these authors were not included in the encyclopædias of literature nor commented upon in the critical reviews.
Eso fue en losdias antiguos--That was in the old days.
The Conquistador Paulo Dias de Novaes, a grandson of Bartholomeo Dias, was sent a second time, in A.
Calumbo was built as early as 1577 by the Conquistador Porcador and first Capitão Mór Paulo Dias II.
The Right Reverend Fathers of the Company appeared in 1560 with the Conquistador Paulo Dias de Novaes.
Here admiral John Ruy Dias Solis, while exploring the shores of this continent by command of King Ferdinand the Catholic, was, with some of his companions, eaten by the Anthropophagi, whom the Indians call Cannibals.
It was easy to proceed without a sound by stepping softly along the thick rugs, and as Patty knew exactly where the cyclopædias were shelved, she made straight for that bookcase.
Patty had to laugh at this, for in the corner where they were, the shelves contained nothing but cyclopædias and dictionaries.
On the "tres dias grandes," from Good Friday until Monday, of course no one worked, but I had the greatest difficulty in getting anyone to work in Holy Week at all.
Many laid down their arms, but Albuquerque and his faithful lieutenants, the negro Dias and the Indian Camarrao, reluctantly took their way toward Bahia, the only place of refuge.
Dias represents the negro--unsurpassable in fidelity and personal courage, and needing only leadership to show transcendent military qualities.
The old Moorish captain, to whom the name of Dias was given, with his wife and her attendants, were brought on board the Saint Raphael, where they were treated so courteously by da Gama, that he completely won their hearts.
When Captain Dias and the others heard this, they exclaimed, raising their hands to heaven, "May God reward you and all your company, and restore you to your country in health and safety!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dias" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
