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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Norwegian who was the first to navigate the Northwest and Northeast Passages; he was the first to reach the South Pole; he was the first to reach both poles | Roald Amundsen |
| Spaniard who discovered the eastern Pacific Ocean | Vasco Balboa |
| Danish navigator in the Russian Navy who discovered Alaska; Bering Sea was named after him; he died from scurvy | Vitus Bering |
| South American revolutionary; known as the great liberator | Simon Bolivar |
| American associated with the Wilderness Road and the exploration of Kentucky; founded Boonesborough | Danial Boone |
| American who discovered the Great Salt Lake | Jim Bridger |
| First to fly over the North Pole; he stablished the "Little America Settlement" in Antartica; he lived in Antartica by himslf for over one year | Richard Byrd |
| Native of Italy who explored the New World for Great Britain; his explorations gave England claims to the new world | John Cabot |
| Portuguese explorer who established claims in the New World for Portugal (mainly Brazil) | Pedro Cabral |
| Portuguese explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River; he was the first French explorer in the New World | Juan de Cano |
| French explorer who discovered Lake Champlain, Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario | Samuel de Champlain |
| Italian commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain; ships included the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria; he made four voyages to the New World; he gave the name "Indians" the the natives of North America | Christopher Columbus |
| British explorer who traveled to Hawaii(the Sandwich Islands), Bontany Bay(Australia); he died in Hawaii; his ship was called "The Endeavor" | Captin James Cook |
| Spaniard who searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola; he discovered the Grand Canyon; he explored Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona | Francisco de Coronado |
| Spainard who conqured Montezuma and the Aztec Empire in Mexico | Hernando Cortes |
| Portuguese explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached India in 1498 | Vasco de Gama |
| Spaniard who discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth | Ponce de Leon |
| Spaniard who discovered the Mississippi River | Hernando de Soto |
| British exporer who became the second person to lead a circumnavigation of the Earth; his ship was called the Golden Hind; he was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth; he was the hero in the destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588 | Sir Francis Drake |
| Viking who established the first settlement on Greenland | Eric the Red |
| Viking who traveled to greenland; he explored the Atlantic Coast from Nova Scotia to Rhode Island; he was the first European to land in America; he was the son of Eric the Red | Leif Ericson |
| Portuguese prince who sponsored many explorations during the 1400's | Henry the Navigator |
| Norwegian modern-day explorer who used the following boats: Kon-Tiki, Ra, and Aku-aku; he sailed across the pacific and Atlantic Oceans in these primitive boats | Thor Heyerdahl |
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