Carl. Itâs strange you not pushing a Blue Oval (the only car for me) around the track but I remain a staunch Carl Edwards fan who in my opinion was screwed out of the 2011 Sprint Cup Championship or at least Co-championship. Get up on that wheel and win it this year. Bill Clark, Florence Kentucky.
By the end of the 10th century, the Cholan Empire controlled trade along both eastern and western coasts in the south and would extend their empire to Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands. The arrival of Vasco da Gama from Portugal in 1498 established a sea route from Europe to India.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer who first discovered that the West Indies and Brazil were not part of Asia as initally thought, but rather a whole new continent. The new continent was named America, which is believed to be derived from his first name. Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) Nationality: Portuguese Known For: First European to reach India by sea Vasco da Gama commanded the very first ships that sailed nonstop from Europe to India. This voyage also made him the first European to get to India by sea. His finding of this route led to great increases in trade and boosted the Portuguese economy. Francisco Pizarro (1471-1541)