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Famous ExplorersAn explorer is someone who travels to far away unknown places and discovers new phenomenon.Match these explorers with their descriptions by writing the correct letters in the boxes.1.This outstanding traveller from Italy opened up China to the West. 2.This explorer from Italy discovered Bahamas, Cuba and other West Indies Islands. But his well-known discovery is %u2018America%u2019. 3.This Scottish missionary explored Africa. He also preached against slavery in the country. He named the Victoria Falls after his country%u2019s Queen.4.This Portuguese sailor went around the Cape of Good Hope in 1498. He discovered the sea route from Western Europe to India.5.He belonged to New Zealand. Together with Tenzing Norgay, he conquered Mount Everest.6.He sailed around the world in 1519. He discovered a passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic through a strait that bears his name.7.He was from Portugal. He sailed around the tip of Africa in 1488 and called it the %u2018Cape of Storms%u2019. Later, it came to be known as the %u2018Cape of Good Hope%u2019. cEdmund HillaryfChristopher ColumbusSir Edmund Hillary was the first person to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world.File-O-Fact13aDavid LivingstonedMarco PologVasco da GamaeBartolomeu DiasbFerdinand Magellan21