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Eric the Red discovered Greenland.
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Marco Polo (Italian) reached China through India.
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Vescoda gama (Portuguese) discovered sear route from
Europe to India.
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Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Portuguese) discovered Brazil.
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George Lord Anson (English) sailed around the earth.
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Charles A.Lindberg (American) made first non-stop solo
flight across the Atlantic.
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Various (Portugese) discovered Sri Lanka.
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C.F. Blair (US) made the first solo flight over the
Arctic. Sir Vivian Fuchs and Edmund Hillary (US) first crossing of the
Antarctic continent.
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G.H. Wilkins (Australian) flew over the South Pole.
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CIS are landlocked countries of Asia.