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A little curiosity.
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Prompt: This explorer became the first European to round southern Africa, opening the route later completed by da Gama.
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- 01This explorer became the first European to round southern Africa, opening the route later completed by da Gama.
- 02This explorer and Tenzing Norgay achieved the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest together in 1953.
- 03This explorer searched for a route to Asia through North America, leaving his name on a major river and bay.
- 04This explorer commanded massive Chinese naval expeditions across the Indian Ocean with fleets larger than Europe's.
- 05He kept his Endurance crew alive after Antarctic ice crushed their ship.