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VESPUCCI, AMERIGO (1454 - 1512)
Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine navigator and pilot major of Castile, is widely believed to be the original discoverer of the Americas, though there is no documentary evidence to prove it. Many histor... |  |
 | AMUNDSEN, ROALD ENGLEBREGT (1872 – 1928)
Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, was one of the greatest figures in the history of polar explorations, being the first to reach the South Pole and also the first to navigate the North West Passage... |
ARMSTRONG, NEIL ALDEN (1930 - )
Neil Alden Armstrong, American astronaut, made history when he became the first man to set foot on the moon. He was commander of the Eagle spacecraft, part of the Apollo II lunar landing mission that... |  |
 | COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER (1451-1506)
Christopher Columbus was one of the greatest explorers of the fifteenth century and is generally credited with the discovery of the Americas. This discovery had far reaching consequences as it opened... |
COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES (1728 – 1779)
James Cook, better known as ‘Captain Cook’ was perhaps the greatest navigator the world had seen since Magellan (1480 – 1521). He undertook many expeditions from the Bering Strait to the Antarctic C... |  |
 | GAGARIN YURI (1934 -1968)
Yuri Gagarin, Soviet air force pilot, was the first man to venture beyond the earth’s atmosphere and travel to space. On April 12, 1961, he orbited the earth once in his Vostok 1 spacecraft and safe... |
LIVINGSTONE, DR.DAVID (1813-1873)
Dr. David Livingstone is a legendary figure in the history of exploration- the man who shed light on the Dark Continent, discovered Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi) and the Victoria Falls. Trained as a... |  |
 | MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (1480-1521)
Fernao de Magalhaes, better known as Ferdinand Magellan, was a Portuguese explorer, who became the first navigator to reach Eastern Asia by sailing westwards around the Americas. Earlier, he had reac... |
VASCO DA GAMA (1460-1524)
Vasco da Gama, the legendary Portuguese explorer of the sixteenth century is credited with the discovery of the first spice route to India and thereby opening up the sub continent for trade and exp... |  |
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