The Portuguese leaders who first landed at Calicut and seized the port of Malacca were, respectively,
A. Vasco Núòez de Balboa and Pedro Martinez Munoa.
B. Gonzalo Fernández and Bartolomeu Dias.
C. Vasco da Gama and Afonso de Albuquerque.
D. Henry the Navigator and Henry da Bruscia.
E. Juan Montillo and Jorge Sikada Maio.
Answer: C
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