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Prince Henry sent 14 expeditions there over 12 years, trying to go farther than Cape Bojador. Prince Henry convinced Gil Eannes to try, and Eannes succeeded in 1434.
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He was the first European to reach India by sea.
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He discovered North America on his voyage to other lands.
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies
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He has been dubbed the father of modern philosophy, and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day.
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In 1649 he ‘discovered' experimental science
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Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.
