Famous explorers – sea explorers
1.When did Sir Francis Drake live?
In the 16th century
Who was the first man to reach
The South Pole?
Roald Amundsen
What did Wilberforce fight against?
the slave trade
Who started the first printing
press in Britain?
William Caxton
What did Edward Jenner call his discovery?
vaccination
What did Sir Walter Raleigh look for
in South America?
El Dorado
What happened to Captain Scott
and his men?
They died in the Antarctic
What did Wilberforce become
when he was only 21 ?
a Member of Parliament
Who did the British call ‘’the father of television’’?
John Logie Baird
What happened as a result of Joseph Lister’s work?
Fewer people died after operations
What did Sir Walter Raleigh
bring back to Britain?
potatoes and tobacco
What happened to Sir Ernest
Shackleton boat, the Endurance?
The ice broke it
What did George Cadbury make
in his factory?
chocolate
Who did not work with computers?
Charles Babbage
What did Alexander Fleming discover?
penicillin