274) In 1486 A.D .......sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape of storms, which later renamed as the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese King as it gave definite hope of discovering a new sea-route to the East.

275) Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator sailed around the cape up the east coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean and landed at Calicut in the year

276) An Italian sailor _____ left the Spanish port in August 1492 and set foot on Small Island in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D.

277) In 1499 _____ landed in America.

278) The great distinction of circumnavigating the world goes to the navigator