55) The .....had fostered a spirit of inquiry that had revolutionized geographical ideas.

56) Prince Henry, commonly called Henry the navigator, was a great patron of navigation in

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

58) After Prince Henry′s death .....crossed the Equator in 1472.

59) In 1488, a brave captain named .....sailed up to Africa′s southern most tips which he named the ′Cape of Storms′.