Your basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the amount of energy your body needs to function at rest. This accounts for about 60 to 70 percent of calories burned in a day and includes the energy required to keep the heart beating, the lungs breathing, the eyelids blinking and the body temperature stabilized.
Vasco Da Gama Found a route from Portugal east to India by going around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa. He set up trade in India and eventually became the Portuguese Viceroy in India.
In 1492, Portuguese Christopher Columbus set out on the first of his four famous voyages. As othersâ¦..the purpose was to find a route to Asia and the East Indies. Because he was using Ptolemyâs estimation of the Earthâs size (which was too small) He thought heâd reach Asia when he landed on a Caribbean Island.