When Did They sail
Christopher Columbus set sail on his historic first transatlantic voyage in this famous year.
What is 1492?
While looking for an alternate route to Asia, Columbus accidentally stumbled upon islands in this geographic region.
What is the Caribbean? Or the Americas
I am the Italian navigator who realized the lands Columbus found were a completely new continent, which was later named after me.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
Most early European explorers were desperately trying to find a faster, direct sea route to this spice-rich continent.
What is Asia?
Though he was born in Genoa, Italy, Christopher Columbus famously sailed under the flag of this nation.
What is Spain?
This Viking explorer and his crew reached the shores of North America around the year 1000 AD.
Who is Leif Erikson?
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León landed on and named this southeastern United States peninsula.
What is Florida?
I led the first expedition to sail completely around the globe, though I was killed in the Philippines before the journey finished.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Conquistadors like Francisco Pizarro were heavily motivated by the pursuit of this precious metal, which was abundant in the Inca Empire.
What is gold?
Jacques Cartier claimed lands in modern-day Canada on behalf of King Francis I of this European nation.
What is France?
Ferdinand Magellan's fleet left Spain to attempt the first global circumnavigation in this year.
What is 1519?
Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to become the first European to sight this massive ocean from the New World.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
I was an English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage and had a massive Canadian bay and a New York river named after me.
Who is Henry Hudson?
Dozens of northern explorers spent centuries searching for this legendary, ice-free water route through North America to reach Asia.
What is the Northwest passage?
Italian-born John Cabot made his historic 1497 voyage across the Atlantic on behalf of this country's King Henry VII.
What is England?
Vasco da Gama successfully reached India by sea, opening an invaluable trade route, in this year.
What is 1498?
Jacques Cartier explored and claimed this major river valley, laying the groundwork for French claims in Canada.
What is the St Lawrence River?
: I am the Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that ultimately caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who is hernan Cortez?
Juan Ponce de León is mythologically famous for exploring Florida in search of this magical water source.
What is the fountain of youth?
On his famous third voyage exploring the river that bears his name, Henry Hudson sailed for this nation's East India Company.
What is the Netherlands? Or the Dutch
Chinese Admiral Zheng He commanded massive treasure fleets between 1405 and 1433 during this powerful dynasty.
What is the Ming dynasty?
John Cabot discovered parts of mainland North America in 1497, landing in a place he simply called this.
What is Newfoundland?
I spent 24 years traveling along the Silk Road to China and wrote a highly influential book about my 13th-century travels
Who is Marco Polo?
Portuguese explorers sailed south around Africa to bypass overland trade routes tightly controlled by this powerful empire
What is the Ottoman empire?
Pioneering navigators Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama both sailed for this small, seafaring kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula
What is Portugal?