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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295

The famous traveler “Marco Polo” belonged to Italy

Marco Polo  was also nicknamed Milione

Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice

Marco Polo  Died: on January 8, 1324, in Venice, Italy

the Italian title of Marco Polo's book was Il libro di Marco Polo detto il Milione, which means "The Book of Marco Polo"

ND10-3-2023

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Christopher Columbus born 1451, Italy

Died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain

Master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages opened the way for European

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Vasco da Gama belonged to Portugal.

Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach India by sea.

He was a renowned Portuguese explorer.

He was born in 1460 in Sines.

He was died in 1524.

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Vasco Da Gama was the first European to reach India by sea.

Vasco Da Gama was a famous Portuguese Explorer

Vasco Da Gama belonged to Portugal

Vasco da Gama was born in 1460 in the town of Sines

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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295

The famous traveler “Marco Polo” belonged to Italy

Marco Polo  was also nicknamed Milione

Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice

Marco Polo  Died: on January 8, 1324, in Venice, Italy

the Italian title of Marco Polo's book was Il libro di Marco Polo detto il Milione, which means "The Book of Marco Polo"

ND10-3-2023

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Francois Bernier was a French physician and traveler.

He arrived in India during the region of Shahjahan

He stayed (14 October 1658 – 20 February 1670) for around 12 years in India

He worked as a physician to Mughal prince Dara Shikoh.

Dara Shikoh (the eldest son of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan

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Richard Francis Burton led a colorful and adventurous life and was a writer, poet, diplomat, and explorer

In 1880 he published his best original poetry

Sir Richard Burton' Born: on March 19, 1821, in Torquay, United Kingdom

Sir Richard Burton Died: on October 20, 1890, Trieste, Italy

Place of burial: London, United Kingdom

Awards:

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael

St George and Crimea Medal

ND5-5-2023

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The 0-degree kine of longitude that passes through the royal observatory in Greenwich ,England is the Greenwitch meridian .

It is also called the prime meridian  

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Roald Amundsen was from Norway. 

He is Known for:

• First to reach the South Pole and the North Pole
• First to navigate the Northwest Passage

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He was Born on July 16, 1872, in Borge, Norway

He Died in June 1928 at the Barents Sea

Dies at the age of 55 years