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Australia: Portuguese Explorer Age of Discovery Europe

The document summarizes the discovery of several continents and regions: - Australia was first seen by William Dampier in 1699 and Captain James Cook explored the eastern coastline in 1770. - Christopher Columbus was not the first person in America as indigenous people were already there. Some historians believe Chinese Admiral Zheng He may have reached America before Columbus. - Africa could not have been discovered since people had always lived there. - Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498 but Indian traders were already there, so India was not truly discovered.

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Australia: Portuguese Explorer Age of Discovery Europe

The document summarizes the discovery of several continents and regions: - Australia was first seen by William Dampier in 1699 and Captain James Cook explored the eastern coastline in 1770. - Christopher Columbus was not the first person in America as indigenous people were already there. Some historians believe Chinese Admiral Zheng He may have reached America before Columbus. - Africa could not have been discovered since people had always lived there. - Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498 but Indian traders were already there, so India was not truly discovered.

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Australia

The first Englishman to see Australia was William Dampier (he'd once been a pirate!) He
explored the north-west coast of Australia in 1699. Dampier was the first European to tell about
seeing Australia's 'large hopping animals'!

In 1770, Captain James Cook was the first European to explore the eastern  coastline of
the Australia,

America
 Who discovered America? Since many textbooks and historical annals of the preceding five
centuries give Christopher Columbus the credit for "discovery" of the new world, one might
wonder why anyone would bother asking such a question. One would think it quite evident who
discovered America. But one would be wrong, because Christopher Columbus did not discover
America, no more than he proved that the world was not flat.
but Christopher Columbus' voyages and "discoveries" are questioned today. Archaeology and
common sense have given us alternate events that predate Christopher Columbus and that tell us
that he wasn't the first human or the first European to set foot on an American shore. Who
discovered ?  Not Christopher Columbus, That's for Certain.

First, common sense tells us he wasn't the first human in the Americas due to the fact that
there were already "Indians" in the Americas.

Gavin Menzies, a British historian, claims Chiense Admiral Zheng He set up colonies and
sailed round South America before Columbus
A copy of a 600-year-old map found in a second-hand book shop is the key to proving that the
Chinese, not Christopher Columbus, were the first to discover the New World, a controversial
British historian claims. 
The document is purportedly an 18th century copy of a 1418 map charted by Chinese Admiral
Zheng He, which appears to show the New World in some detail.

Africa
The main reason is because there had always been people dwelling in Africa way
before explorations and expeditions even began. Simply put, Africa just couldn’t be
discovered because it had always been there since the beginning of mankind. 
NO One discovered Africa!

India
was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the
commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.
Portuguese Explorer Vasco da Gama discovered India in 1498. But, when he
arrived on ship, there were already Indian traders there, so realistically there
were already people in India before he discovered it.

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