I'm the Sponsor
I'm the country that funded Christopher Columbus's voyage.
What is Cuba or Mexico?
This star was often used to guide early explorers.
What is the North Star or Polaris?
I sailed for Spain. Even though there are stories about me searching for the Fountain of Youth in Florida, they are probably just legends and not really true.
Who was Ponce de Leon?
I was a villain to the Aztecs for conquering them, but a hero to Spain.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
I sponsored Cabral voyage?
What is Portugal?
Christopher Columbus landed here and thought he was in India.
What are the Caribbean Islands (The Bahamas)?
This type of animal was often brought on ships to help sailors navigate.
What are ravens?
I am one of the only explorers in succeeding in his mission to find a route to India, but half of my men died of scurvy.
Who was Vasco de Gama?
Even though I didn't find the Northwest Passage, I explored a lot in Northern North America, which made me a hero, but my crew thought I was a villain and left me stranded in a boat.
Who was Henry Hudson?
Even though Magellan was Portuguese, I funded his trip.
What is Spain?
Juan Ponce de Leon found me.
What is Puerto Rico OR Florida?
This device, which is still used today, helped sailors to figure out direction.
What is a compass?
I explored the coastal waterways between NJ and Mass for the Dutch. I traded furs with the natives.
Who was Adriaen Block?
I defeated the Spanish, and was thought of as a pirate by many, but the English, especially the queen, thought I was a hero.
I sponsored Sir Francis Drake's voyage.
What is England?
Vasco de Balboa was the first European to cross the Isthmus of Panama and find this.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
I am a map maker.
What is a cartographer?
I was likely born in Italy, but I sailed for France, and today there is a bridge in New York named for me.
Who was Giovanni de Verrazano?
Even though I am celebrated as a hero for "discovering America", Native Americans and others think of me as a villain.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
I funded the voyage of the explorer who has a lake in northern NY named after him.
What is France?
Jacques Cartier explored in what is now modern day this country.
What is Canada?
What is dead reckoning?
I was the first European to navigate the St. Lawrence River and explore the coast of Canada.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
Even though I was killed in the Phillippines, the ships I captained were the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?