WHAT HE DID - James discovered and charted New Zealand

CHILDHOOD: James Cook was born on 27th October 1728 in Marton, now part of Middlesbrough. His father, James, was originally from Scotland, and had married Grace Pace. He was an agricultural labourer and moved about the area to find work on local estate farms.

CHILDHOOD: Christopher Columbus was born in a middle-class family in Genoa which is now a part of Italy. His father, Domenico Colombo was a wool weaver and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa.

WHAT HE DID - Christopher columbus was the first european to discover America

WHAT HE DID - He discovered India, he was the first
man to step foot in india.

CHILDHOOD: Vasco da Gama grew up in a cottage near a church in Sines, Portugal. He was born in 1469, and had four brothers and one sister; Paulo, Joao Sodre, Aires, Teresa, and Pedro da Gama. His father, Estevao da Gama, was a knight back in the 1460's, and his mother, Dona Isabel Sodre, came from English origins.