Question: Who fathered the man that led the first expedition to reach the continent containing Bengaluru, by sailing west across the area that provides the warm moist air over the Andes?

He rose in the ranks of the military Order of Santiago. Vasco da Gama's father was Estêvão da Gama, who had served in the 1460s as a knight of the household of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu. Estêvão da Gama was appointed "alcaide-mór" (civil governor) of Sines in the 1460s, a post he held until 1478; after that he continued as a receiver of taxes and holder of the Order's commendas in the region. <SEP> Although the centre and the eastern parts of the country are mostly flat, the west is mountainous. Both the Andes and Sierras Pampeanas affect the climate of Argentina, leading to differences in temperature, pressure, and spatial distribution of precipitation depending on the topography and altitude. Here, the Andes exert an important influence on the climate. Thus, much of Argentina north of 40 S is dominated by wind circulation patterns from the South Atlantic High. South of 40 S, the Andes are lower in altitude, allowing much of Patagonia to be dominated by westerly winds and air masses from the Pacific Ocean. However, the north -- south orientation of the Andes creates a barrier for humid air masses originating from the Pacific Ocean. Owing to the higher altitudes of the Andes north of 40 S, they completely block the normal westerly flow, preventing low pressure systems containing moisture from the Pacific Ocean from coming in. This is because they force these air masses upwards, cooling adiabactically. Most of the moisture is dropped on the Chilean side, causing abundant precipitation and cloudiness while on the Argentine side, the air warms adiabatically, causing it to become drier as it descends. Thus, an extensive rain -- shadow is present in much of Patagonia, causing it to receive very little precipitation. The Sierras Pampeanas influences the climate on a much smaller scale than the Andes. <SEP> It is one of the largest inter-varsity Parliamentary Debating tournament in Asia with over 450 participants. The debates is held in the 3-on-3 format. The National Law School Debate (NLS Debate) is an annual debating tournament conducted by the Literary and Debating Society of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, for teams from Universities all over Asia. <SEP> during the mid-eocene, it is believed that the drainage basin of the amazon was split along the middle of the continent by the purus arch. water on the eastern side flowed toward the atlantic, while to the west water flowed toward the pacific across the amazonas basin. as the andes mountains rose, however, a large basin was created that enclosed a lake; now known as the solimões basin. within the last 5–10 million years, this accumulating water broke through the purus arch, joining the easterly flow toward the atlantic. <SEP> the earth day 20 international peace climb was an expedition to reach the summit of mount everest during earth week 1990 led by jim whittaker, the first american to climb mount everest (in 1963), and marked the first time in history that mountaineers from the united states, soviet union and china had roped together to climb a mountain, let alone mount everest. <SEP> The Portuguese Vasco da Gama, accompanied by Nicolau Coelho and Bartolomeu Dias, is the first European to reach India by an all - sea route from Europe.