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| 315632770 | Bartolomeu Dias | sailed around cape of goo hope at southern tip of africa. found route to indian ocean... but nver made it all the way to india. trade can go from Europe to asia by sea. | 0 | |
| 315632771 | Vasco da Gama | landin in India in 1498. important trade route from europe to inda and east indies. instigated annual voyages from portugal to indian ocean. one voyage was blown off course and ended up claiming brazil. | 1 | |
| 315632772 | Ferdinand Magellan | his crew made first round-the-world voyage. proved for certain that the world was round. Magellan was killed in the Phillippines, did not make it home | 2 | |
| 315632773 | christopher columbus | believed a shorter route to asia could be found by sailing westward instead of around Africa. found the americas instead. | 3 | |
| 315635539 | Jacques Cartier | st. lawrence river | 4 | |
| 315640934 | portugal | vasco da gama | 5 | |
| 315640935 | spain | christopher columbus, hernando cortez, francisco pizarro, ferdinand magellan | 6 | |
| 315640936 | england | francis drake | 7 | |
| 315640937 | france | jacques cartier | 8 |