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Uncommon card · History
Bartolomeu Dias, an Uncommon card
Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese mariner and explorer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Bartolomeu Dias quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bartolomeu Dias card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ were later used by Vasco da Gama to establish a sea route between Europe and Asia.
Answer
discoveries. His discoveries were later used by Vasco da Gama to establish a sea route between Europe and Asia. From the Bartolomeu Dias article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Husband E. Kimmel. Husband E. Kimmel 70 · Cross of Burgundy 66 · Vilma Espín 63 · Bartolomeu Dias 60 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In February 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most effective southward route for ships is to go diagonally southwest in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast.
- His discoveries were later used by Vasco da Gama to establish a sea route between Europe and Asia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bartolomeu Dias article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Bartolomeu Dias
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bartolomeu Dias (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bartolomeu_Dias,_South_Africa_House.JPG : RedCoat ( en:User:RedCoat10 ) derivative work: B, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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