Explorers
The first explorer sent out by Portugal
Who is Prince Henry
This island name means "wood"
What is Madeira?
How many ships did John Cabot have on his first expedition?
1
Stopping point of Prince Henry
What is Cape Bojador?
The man who brought bunnies to Porto Santo
Who is Bartholomew Perestrelo?
Originally referred to as "Land of Parrots"
Brazil
Name of Portuguese ship
What is Caravel?
Stopping point of Bartholomew Diaz
What is The Cape of Good Hope? (Cape of Storms)
Explorer who administered "the drops"
Vasco da Gama
Name the two large islands that Columbus found
Colba / Cuba
Hispaniola / Haiti & Dominican Republic
Names of the three ships that sailed WEST to find China
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Stopping point of Christopher Columbus
Central America / Colba / Cuba
Decidedly NOT China
First European explorer to sail to South America
Amerigo Vespucci (10 months before Pedro Alvares Cabral)
Two names given to the large island between Europe and North America
Greenland and Labrador
Italy is the birthplace of these three explorers
Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci
Stopping point of Vasco da Gama
Calicut, India
Which king sent out Bartholomew Diaz?
King John the Perfect
First island found by Christopher Columbus
San Salvador
The pope decided this would determine what "new" lands belonged to Spain and Portugal
What is the line of demarcation?
Stopping point of John Cabot
Newfoundland