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# Parts of the world explored and countries discovered | Sponsor Countries | Explorer | Parts of the world explored and countries discovered | |---|---|---| | Portugal | Bartolomeu Dias | Sailing up to the cape in the southern end of Africa and naming it as Cape of Storms. (Renaming of the Cape of...

# Parts of the world explored and countries discovered | Sponsor Countries | Explorer | Parts of the world explored and countries discovered | |---|---|---| | Portugal | Bartolomeu Dias | Sailing up to the cape in the southern end of Africa and naming it as Cape of Storms. (Renaming of the Cape of Storms as "Cape of Good Hope" by King of Portugal.) | | Portugal | Vasco da Gama | Sailing further along the route taken by Bartolomeu and landing on India. | | Spain | Christopher Columbus | Sailing to the west of the Atlantic Ocean and landing on the Caribbean Island (Hispaniola). His explorations helped discover the route to America. | | Spain | Amerigo Vespucci | He followed the route that Columbus had taken and discovered America. (The continent he discovered was named after him.) | | Spain | Ferdinand Magellan | Sailing around the world for the first time. Landing on the Philippines. This voyage proved the fact that the earth is spherical. | | Spain | Ferdinando Cortes | Mexico | | England | Francisco Pizarro | Peru | | England | Cabot Brothers | Coastal areas of Canada | | France | Jacques Cartier | St. Lawrence area in North America | | Holland | Henry Hudson | Area around the Hudson river and Hudson’s Bay in North America |