The …………….writer Camoes described the wonderful voyages of Vasco-De Gama in his epic Luciads.

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• The introduction of ……………………..made voyages to the distant and unknown lands easier and safer.
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• In 1765, ………………published his first work on mathematics entitled Essai sur le calcul intégral, which was very well received, launching his career as a respected mathematician.
• In his work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, …………..enunciated his law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion.
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• Nicholas Copernicus was a great scientist of …………….created a sensation by his theory that the earth is round in shape and it moves round the sun.
• ………………was a great scientist of Poland created a sensation by his theory that the earth is round in shape and it moves round the sun.
• ………….perfected the idea of Roger Bacon and set up his improved Telescope at the University of Padua.
• In his book, “In praise of folly”, ……………..bitterly denounced the worldliness and vulgarity of the churchmen and ridiculed superstition.