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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
  • In 1488, Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias led the first European expedition to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
  • Dias and his crew were the first Europeans to see the Indian Ocean.
  • Dias called the Cape of Good Hope the Cape of Storms, but King John Il of Portugal renamed it because it was hoped that Dias’s expedition would lead to a sea route to India.
  • This route to India was finally achieved by Vasco da Gama in 1498.
  • Da Gama led a fleet of four ships that sailed from Portugal to India.
The student wants to emphasize the role King John played in the first European expedition to sail to the Indian Ocean. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias led the first European expedition to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, which King John Il of Portugal later called the Cape of Good Hope.
B
The first European to see the Indian Ocean was Bartolomeu Dias, who called the Cape of Good Hope the Cape of Storms.
C
It was hoped that Bartolomeu Dias’s 1488 expedition would lead to a sea route to India, which was finally achieved by Vasco da Gama in 1498.
D
Although Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to see the Indian Ocean, it was King John Il of Portugal who renamed the Cape of Storms the Cape of Good Hope, as he hoped it would lead to a sea route to India.