Who?
He accidentally discovered a new continent while trying to find a sea route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus sailed West the ships the Nina, the Pinta, and the _______________.
What is the Santa Maria?
St. Brendan was born on this island country near England.
What is Ireland?
Which Viking discovered Greenland?
Who is Eric the Red?
This is what we call the type of boat St. Brendan used to sail West.
What is a coracle?
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, __________.
What is Italy?
What Irish saint sailed west to find the "Land of the Promise of the Saints?
Who is St. Brendan?
This word is used to describe a Scandinavian (Viking) epic story?
What is a saga?
Columbus eventually convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of ______________ to fund his voyage.
What is Spain?
The Portuguese Prince Henry the _____________ was famous for his passion for exploration.
What the Navigator?
The Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon was trying to find the _______________, but found Florida instead.
What is the Fount of Youth?
This island's name comes from the fact that the Vikings discovered many grape vines there.
What is Vinland?
Which Portuguese explorer found a route to India by sailing around Africa?
Who is Bartolemeu Dias?
What is San Salvador?
When Christopher Columbus thought he was sailing around the island of Japan, he was really sailing around the island of _________________.
What is Cuba?