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In 1405, Zheng He confidently accepted the orders of Emperor Yongle and traveled the western oceans
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Bartolomeu Dias became the first European mariner to round the tip of Africa, reaching India.
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When Christopher Columbus reached land after his long voyage, he thought he was in India, and believed this till the day he died.
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John Cabot was a Dutch explorer who claimed Newfoundland.
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Da Gama traveled the Atlantic Ocean and rounded Cape of Good Hope, and anchored in India
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When Alvares reached land, he named the island "Vera Cruz" and he clamed thisland for the Portugese.
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Magellan and his crew of five ships traveled around the world. The circumnavigation ended in 1522.
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