Editing Bartolomeu Dias (section)

== Legacy==
[[File:Dias Cross, 1487-1488, Cape Point (307).JPG|thumb|The Dias Cross at [[Cape Point]], [[Western Cape]]]]
The Portuguese government erected two navigational beacons, [[Dias Cross Memorial|Dias Cross]] and da Gama Cross, to commemorate Dias and Vasco da Gama, who were the first modern European explorers to reach the Cape of Good Hope. When lined up, these crosses point to [[Whittle Rock]], a large, permanently submerged shipping hazard in [[False Bay]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Da Gama Cross details |url=https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=12243 |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=artefacts.co.za}}</ref>
[[File:Dias boat.jpg|thumb|A replica of Bartolomeu Dias ship displayed in the [[Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex]]]]
The [[Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex]] (also spelled "Bartholomeu"), located at [[Mossel Bay]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Dias Museum, Mossel Bay |url=http://www.southafrica.net/za/en/articles/entry/article-southafrica.net-dias-museum-mossel-bay |access-date=17 January 2014 |website=SouthAfrica.net}}</ref> features an exhibition displaying the history of early European sea voyagers who discovered sea routes. The local history of 19th-century artifacts and 20th-century photographs are also displayed in this building. The building houses a life-size replica of the ship Bartolomeu Dias and his crew used when they landed in Mossel Bay in 1488.
[[File:Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex, Mossel Bay 084.jpg|thumb|Bartolomeu Dias statue at the [[Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex]] in [[Mossel Bay]].]]