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    1. In 1488 what explorer sailed around southern Africa 2. In 1498 what explorer sailed around southern Africa and conitnued to India 3. What explorer circumnagivated the world, founded the Strait of Mallegan, and was killed in the Philppine Islands 4. What explorer tried to find the Fountain of Youth but never found it cause it was just a legend. 5. When panfilo Narvaez led an expedition that led to disaster, Narvaez was lost at sea but laned on some island near present- day Texas, Native Americans there held them prisoners. WHO assumed the leadership of the gorup?

    Question #23397. Asked by %BF?. (Oct 19 02 5:24 PM)


    Tabby Tom

    		1. Bartolomeu Dias
    2. Vasco da Gama
    3. Fernando Magellan a.k.a. Fernao Magalhaes
    4. Ponce de Leon
    5. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca


    The information is available on many websites including

    http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/trn_bt6.htm
    http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm
    http://www.furman.edu/~kgossman/history/italian/timeline.htm

    Oct 19 02, 6:40 PM
    Andy

    		I would just like to point out that Magellan never circumnavigated the world, as he was killed in the Philippines before he completed the voyage. It was his crew, led by Del Cano, that first circumnavigated the world.

    Oct 20 02, 3:45 PM

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