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Famous travelers Известные путешественники

Vasco da Gama

He discovered the seaway to India

He was born in 1469 an died in 1524

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European who reach India by sea.

His initial voyage to India (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and, in this way, the West and the Orient.

Christopher Columbus

He discovered South and Central America.

He was born in 1450 and died in 1506

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa.

  James Cook

He was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.

• Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.