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before christ, basically before the concept of jesus was made
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Vasco de Gama was a Portuguese explorer who voyages to India opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
He proved that baseball wasn't just a white sport, that not just African Americans, but all "colored" races could play/do what they wanted as long as they put heart into it.