Age of exploration and discovery

He was the first person to sail from Europe to India by going around Africa.

He created the first sea route that would allow trade with far east without the silk road caravan routes

He lead the first successful attempt to circumnavigate the globe and was the
first to cross the Pacific Ocean.

First to lead an expedition sailing west from Europe to Asia

He couldn't complete his journey due to being killed in the Philippines
18 members of his crew completed the circumnavigation.

He was a African-Spanish conquistador. African by birth, he went to Portugal as a young man.

He participated in expeditions to Michoacán in Mexico in the 1520s and traveled to islands around San Juan and Cuba as well He also anded in Santo Domingo

He was also art of the Hernán Cortes-led invasion of Mexico in 1519, that resulted in the conquest of the Aztecs

He involved thousands of men including professional negotiators, diplomats, interpreters, scribes, signalers, doctors, soldiers, mechanics, and other specialists.

Muslim eunuched confident of the Chinese emperor
Organized 6 long distance naval expeditions to the South and West of China from 1403 to 1433.

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