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Marco Polo is famous for his travels through Asia. He was one of the first Europeans to travel into Mongolia and China. He became famous for his book that told the story of his travels along the Silk Road to China.
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He is famous for his voyage in 1492, when he "discovered" America while he was looking for a way to sail to Asia.
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the continents of North and South America were named in his honor.
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The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama led an expedition at the end of the 15th century that opened the sea route to India by way of the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sea captain. He was the commander of the expedition that became the first to sail around the world. He first went to sea in 1505.
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He wanted to find an undiscovered continent that was thought to lie in the Pacific. In 1577, Queen Elizabeth I chose him to lead a secret expedition to the Pacific coast of North America.
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He discovered Tasmania,New Zealand and to sight Fiji.
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he was the first to lead a sailing expedition around the world successfully. and to discover Australia
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he was born in Iceland around 975.In the year 1000, Leif sailed to Norway, which is where his family had originally come from. One story says that while he was in Norway, he may have become a Christian. King Olaf I of Norway wanted Leif to go back to Greenland and teach the Vikings there about Christianity. As Leif was sailing back to Greenland, he was blown off course and he ended up in North America instead of Greenland.