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100

According to legend, this Irish monk discovered the Land of Promise of the Saints.

St. Brendan

100

This Viking adventurer disovered Greenland and established a viking settlement there.

Eric the Red

100

Christopher Columbus said the ocean blue in this year.

1492

100

This spanish explorer disovered Florida while searching for the fountain of youth.

Juan Ponce De Leon

100

This Portuguese captain and explorer disovered a route to the Indies by sailing south around the tip of Africa.

Bartolomeu Diaz

200

A small boat used by fishermen, made of hides stretched over a wooden frame.

coracle

200

This Christian mariner helped the king of Norway convert the people of Greenland to the Faith.

Leif Ericsson

200

Which 2 monarchs had goals for Christopher Columbus to bring the Gospel to unbelievers and to obtain wealth, part of which they would use to retake the Holy Land in a new crusade.

Queen Isabel and King Fernando

200

Amerigo Vespucci discovered this mighty river on the northern coast of South America.

Amazon

200

These are heroic tales told by the Vikings.

sagas

300

This land, which lay westward across the ocean, was said to be most beautiful. 

Land of Promise of the Saints

300

Leif Ericsson set sail from Greenland westward and discovered new lands which are part of this continent.

North America

300

Columbus's great dream was to reach China, Japan, and India, which are known as these.

Indies

300

This Spanish captain and his crew discovered the "South Sea" which is now referred to as the Pacific Ocean.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

300

Spanish for "Saint Mary", Columbus's flagship was named for the Mother of God.

Santa Maria

400

St. Brendan's voyage lasted this many years.

seven

400

This land was said to be located either on the coast of Newfoundland or Prince Edward Island.

Vinland

400

This Spanish settlement was the first Spanish settlement founded by Christopher Columbus, in the new world; usually associated with a Christmas song.

Navidad

400

Because of this spanish explorer's book that told of his voyages, Europeans began to call the new lands America.

Amerigo Vespucci

400

Columbus and his crew set foot on this American island.

San Salvador

500

St. Brendan said this when his companions grew fearful during their voyage.

"Fear nothing but Our Lord and love him with fear"

500

The viking settlement on Vinland failed because the settlers found themselves in a constant state of war with these natives of Vinland.

Skraelings

500

Christopher Columbus was born in this city, located in Italy.

Genoa

500

In Spain, Easter Sunday was called this, meaning "Flowery Easter".

Pascua Florida

500

This Italian explorer wrote that houses in Japan had roofs of gold, which is one of the reasons that prompted Colombus to find Japan.

Marco Polo

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