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1. Born in the late 14th century, who was instrumental in the Portuguese Age of Discoveries?
2. Bartolomeu Dias was born around 1450. What was he famous for?
3. Vasco da Gama was the first European explorer to reach what region?
4. Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to circumvent the Earth. In 1521, he was killed in which island in the Philippines?
5. Pedro Alvares Cabral was the explorer who discovered Brazil. In what year, did he reach Brazil?
6. Afonso de Albuquerque was a skilled military commander who captured Goa in 1510 and, in 1511, what other Asian territory?
7. Sponsored by the Portuguese Crown, Gaspar Corte-Real was the first to reach what region in present-day Canada around 1500?
8. In 1506, Tristao da Cunha and Afonso de Albuquerque conquered what location in the Middle East?
9. Jorge Alvares is credited as the first Portuguese to reach what Asian region during the Age of Discovery?
10. Around 1626, Estevao Cacella was a Jesuit missionary who established a mission in the Shigatse in what present-day Chinese territory?
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