Who undertook the most spectacular of the early European sea voyages?
A) Diaz, who was first to round Africa's treacherous Cape of Good Hope.
B) da Gama, who sailed to India and explored its rich coastline.
C) Cabral, who accidentally discovered Brazil and claimed it for the small empire of Portugal.
D) Vespucci, who was responsible for the naming of the Americas.
E) Magellan, who circumnavigated the globe.
E
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