GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES

·   Eric the Red discovered Greenland.

·   Marco Polo (Italian) reached China through India.

·   Vescoda gama (Portuguese) discovered sear route from Europe to India.

·   Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Portuguese) discovered Brazil.

·   George Lord Anson (English) sailed around the earth.

·   Charles A.Lindberg (American) made first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic.

·   Various (Portugese) discovered Sri Lanka.

·   C.F. Blair (US) made the first solo flight over the Arctic. Sir Vivian Fuchs and Edmund Hillary (US) first crossing of the Antarctic continent.

·   G.H. Wilkins (Australian) flew over the South Pole.

·   CIS are landlocked countries of Asia.