In 1486 A.D …………………sailed along the West coast of Africa and went as far as the cape of storms, renamed as the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese King as it gave definite hope of discovering a new sea-route to the East.

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• An Italian sailor, Christopher Columbus, with the help of Queen Isabella of Spain, left the Spanish port of …………..in August 1492 and set foot on Small Island in West Indies in October, 1492 A.D.
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• Bloodless Revolution of …………… resulted in the supremacy of the parliament and gave a blow to Absolute Monarchy in England.
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• With the help of the Spanish King, Charles II, …………….started the historic journey in September 1519 A.D. and after two years landed at the Islands of Philippines where he was killed by the natives.
• Bloodless Revolution of ……… marked the end of the struggle between king and parliament.