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A. Portugal. It is the westernmost country of Europe and part of the Mediterranean. It was the first European country to send explorers to search for new sea routes to reach Asia by the end of the 15th century.
B. Island of San Salvador. In the age of exploration, it was the first land Cristopher Columbus sighted. When landing there, he thought he had reached the East Indies, when in fact he had reached the New World.
C. Spain. It was the country that sponsored Christopher Columbus to sail west to find the shortcut to the East Indies; thus becoming the leading country in sea exploration.
D. The Atlantic Ocean. The Ocean that separates Europe form America.
E. The Mediterranean Sea. It is the body of water that separates Europe, Africa and Asia. Before the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, the Mediterranean was the most important center of trade.
F. The Cape of Good Hope. It is a rocky headland at the southern end of Cape Peninsula in South Africa. The first European to sight it was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias, who, sponsored by King John II of Portugal, was trying to find a route to reach India once the trade routed in the Mediterranean had been closed by the Turks.
