60) John of Plano Carpini was sent to the court of the Great Khan in Mongolia in

61) The Polo brothers reach the court of Kublai Khan in China in

62) ...Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa.

63) In 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sponsors ....to find a route to India.

64) Vasco da Gama went around the cape and across the Indian Ocean to reach India (Calicut) in