Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
Check Your Dates
100
When was Columbus born?
What is 1451
100
Where was John Cabot born?
What is Genoa, Italy
100
When was Ferdinand Magellan born?
What is 1480
100
Where was Henry Hudson raised?
What is England
100
When did Christopher Columbus first set sail?
What is 1492
200
What was Columbus's first discovery?
What is Cuba
200
What is Cabot's real name?
What is Giovanni Caboto
200
What job did Magellan receive as a boy?
What is a page
200
What company did Hudson's dad work in that also funded his voyage?
What is the Muscovy Company
200
When was Henry Hudson born?
What is 1565
300
Who liked and funded Columbus?
What is Queen Isabella
300
Where did Cabot's employer offer him a job?
What is England
300
How old was Magellan when he finally got his own boat?
What is 25
300
What was Hudson's plan to get to the Indies?
What is sail across the north pole
300
When did John Cabot get his first boat?
What is 1497
400
Who did Columbus marry?
What is Dona Felipa
400
The name of the famous fishing grounds Cabot discovered?
What is Grand Banks
400
What country did Magellan discover when he went past the Spice Islands?
What is the Philippines
400
In what year did Hudson get his first boat?
What is 1607
400
Out of humiliation, when did Magellan leave Lisbon?
What is 1516
500
How many ships did Columbus have on his voyage when he discovered Cuba?
What is three
500
What is the name of Cabot's first 50-ton boat that he first sailed across the ocean?
What is Mathew
500
When was Magellan injured in a battle against 100 enemy ships?
What is 1506
500
How many men were marooned with Hudson?
What is 8 men
500
When did Giovanni Da Verrazano discover what is now known as the "narrows" Bonus: What boat did he discover it with?
What is 1524 and the Dauphine
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