71) In 1519 .....discovered Mexico.

72) The fall of ......into the hands of the Ottoman Turks was reason enough for the Europeans to seek alternative routes.

73) The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the court of.., about 1260.

74) ..the navigator encouraged navigation by establishing a school for geographers.

75) Goa was conquered by the.., who made it the capital of their Eastern Empire.