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Explorers
Famous Explorers
Clue | Explorer's Name |
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first European to cross Panama and see the Pacific Ocean | Balboa |
explored to northeast coast of CANADA for England | Cabot |
explorer who discovered AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, and Hawaiian Islands | Captain Cook |
French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River and named CANADA | Cartier |
Founded Quebec | Champlain |
1st explorer to sail west to get to Asia *landed on various Caribbean islands that are now the Bahamas as well as the island later called Hispaniola. He also explored the Central and South American coasts | Columbus |
discovered the Grand Canyon in search of the fabled Cities of Gold | Coronado |
conquered the Aztecs | Cortes |
first to sail around Africa all the way to Asia | DA GAMA |
explored Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth | Ponce DE LEON |
explored Florida and the southeast and discovered the MISSISSIPPI RIVER | De SOTO |
1st person to sail to southern tip of AFRICA | DIAS |
explorer whose crew mutinied | HUDSON |
1st European to travel the LENGTH of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER | La Salle |
first to circumnavigate the world | Magellan |
explorer who wrote about his travels to CHINA and got people excited about the riches of ASIA | Marco Polo |
MISSIONARY who explored MICHIGAN and the MISSISSIPPI RIVER | MARQUETTE |
explored the GREAT LAKES and MISSISSIPPI RIVER | Nicollet |
explored the ROCKY MOUNTAINS a mountain in COLORADO named AFTER HIM | Pike |
conquered the INCAS | Pizarro |
set up the first SCHOOL OF NAVIGATION | Prince Henry |
2nd person to circumnavigate the world | Sir Francis Drake |
proved Columbus had found new land North and South America named after him | Amerigo Vespucci |
reached North America 500 years BEFORE Columbus | Vikings |