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

279) With the help of the Spanish King, Charles II, _____ started the historic journey in September 1519 A.D. and after two years landed at the Islands of Philippines where he was killed by the natives.