St. Brendan
According to legend, this Irish monk discovered the Land of Promise of the Saints.
St. Brendan
This Viking adventurer disovered Greenland and established a viking settlement there.
Eric the Red
Christopher Columbus said the ocean blue in this year.
1492
This spanish explorer disovered Florida while searching for the fountain of youth.
Juan Ponce De Leon
This Portuguese captain and explorer disovered a route to the Indies by sailing south around the tip of Africa.
Bartolomeu Diaz
A small boat used by fishermen, made of hides stretched over a wooden frame.
coracle
This Christian mariner helped the king of Norway convert the people of Greenland to the Faith.
Leif Ericsson
Which 2 monarchs had goals for Christopher Columbus to bring the Gospel to unbelievers and to obtain wealth, part of which they would use to retake the Holy Land in a new crusade.
Queen Isabel and King Fernando
Amerigo Vespucci discovered this mighty river on the northern coast of South America.
Amazon
These are heroic tales told by the Vikings.
sagas
This land, which lay westward across the ocean, was said to be most beautiful.
Land of Promise of the Saints
Leif Ericsson set sail from Greenland westward and discovered new lands which are part of this continent.
North America
Columbus's great dream was to reach China, Japan, and India, which are known as these.
Indies
This Spanish captain and his crew discovered the "South Sea" which is now referred to as the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Spanish for "Saint Mary", Columbus's flagship was named for the Mother of God.
Santa Maria
St. Brendan's voyage lasted this many years.
seven
This land was said to be located either on the coast of Newfoundland or Prince Edward Island.
Vinland
This Spanish settlement was the first Spanish settlement founded by Christopher Columbus, in the new world; usually associated with a Christmas song.
Navidad
Because of this spanish explorer's book that told of his voyages, Europeans began to call the new lands America.
Amerigo Vespucci
Columbus and his crew set foot on this American island.
San Salvador
St. Brendan said this when his companions grew fearful during their voyage.
"Fear nothing but Our Lord and love him with fear"
The viking settlement on Vinland failed because the settlers found themselves in a constant state of war with these natives of Vinland.
Skraelings
Christopher Columbus was born in this city, located in Italy.
Genoa
In Spain, Easter Sunday was called this, meaning "Flowery Easter".
Pascua Florida
This Italian explorer wrote that houses in Japan had roofs of gold, which is one of the reasons that prompted Colombus to find Japan.
Marco Polo