Explorers sailing for this country included a father-son pair who discovered the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and sighted Greenland, the Corte-Reals, as well as Pedro da Covilhã [co-VIL-yuh], who sailed via the Red Sea to India before going to Ethiopia to look for Prester John.
Explorers sailing for this country included a father-son pair who discovered the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and sighted Greenland, the Corte-Reals, as well as Pedro da Covilhã [co-VIL-yuh], who sailed via the Red Sea to India before going to Ethiopia to look for Prester John. One man sailing for this nation was blown off course and landed at Bahia, and other explorers for this country set up padrões, or stone pillars, along the African coast. Prince Henry the Navigator financed many of this nation's explorers, including Bartholomew Dias. FTP, name this country which sent out the explorer Vasco da Gama.          |
Explorers sailing for this country included a father-son pair who discovered the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and sighted Greenland, the Corte-Reals, as well as Pedro da Covilhã [co-VIL-yuh], who sailed via the Red Sea to India before going to Ethiopia to look for Prester John.
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