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"IT" was not invented in 1497.
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Sir Francis Drake sailed along the west coast of the United States, landing in 1579 and spending time in what is now California.
Vasco da Gama.The expedition left from Lisbon, went to the Cape Verde Islands, Mozabmbique, Mobasa, Malindi, and from there to Calicut, India. The journey was from 1497 to 1499.
Batolomeu Dias spent several years exploring. From 1487-1488 he voyaged around the southern tip of Africa. In 1497 he went to the Cape Verde Islands and in 1500 he sailed westward.