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Unquestionably it prepared the way for the two greatest geographical discoveries of modern times,--the Cape of Good Hope, by Vasco da Gama, and the New World, by Christopher Columbus.
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Sumner credits a historical figure with paving the way for significant geographical discoveries.
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