Explorers
Famous People · अन्वेषक · 12 facts
1
Vasco da Gama discovered sea route to India in 1498
2
Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492
3
Ferdinand Magellan led first circumnavigation of Earth
4
Marco Polo traveled from Italy to China in 13th century
5
Captain James Cook explored Australia and New Zealand
6
Roald Amundsen first reached the South Pole in 1911
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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first climbed Everest 1953
8
Bartolomeu Dias was first European to round Cape of Good Hope
9
Ibn Battuta was a famous Moroccan traveler who visited India
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Zheng He led Chinese naval expeditions in 15th century
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Robert Peary claimed to reach the North Pole in 1909
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Neil Armstrong was first human on the Moon in 1969