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KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / MODERN AGE / GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

·      Portugal was the first European country to encourage geographical discoveries

·      Prince Henry, the Navigator of Portugal encouraged sailors by making maps

·      Bartholomew Diaz sailed down the west coast of Africa in 1487, which came to be known as ‘Cape of Good Hope’

·      Vasco-da-Gama followed Diaz’s route, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and landed at Kappad in Calicut in the Spring of 1498.

·      Vasco-da-Gama was sent to India by the Portuguese king Dom Manual

·      He reached India in a ship named St. Gabriel

·      Later, Amerigo Vespucci reached the South American coast in 1499 and America was named after him.

·      Ferdinant Megallan of Portugal who started his Voyage in 1519 was the first circumnavigator who sailed around the world. His circumnavigation exclusively proved that the Earth is round.

·      The name ‘Pacific’ was given to the ocean by Megallan

·      He reached Philipines in 1521 and died there fighting its aborgins

·      The coast of Venezuela was explored by Amerigo Vespucci

·      John Cabbot discovered New Foundland in 1497

·      Peru was discovered by Francisco Pizzaro

·      Kabral discovered Brazil in 1500. He was a Portuguese

·      Portugal was the first country in the field of colonialism

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