European Explorers

Name That Explorer

100

This explorer sailed from Spain to Mexico in hopes of finding goal and new land. 

Herando Cortes

200

This explorer started sailing in 1513 and he was the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean. 

Vasco Nunez de Bal Boa

300

This explorer joined the army as a teenager. 

Sir Walter Raleigh

400

This explorer was the first European explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa. 

Bartolemeu Dias

500

This explorer was one of the first explorers to prove that the earth was round. 

Ferdinand Magellan

Goal

100

This explorers goal was to establish a trade relationship between Europe and Asia.

Marco Polo

200

This explorers goal was to find new land and create a new settlement. Two of ships were named the Pinta and the Nina. 

Christopher Columbus

300

What was Vasco De Gama main goal? 

To find a trade route from Europe to India. 

400

The explorer Sir Francis Drake had this one goal in mind, what was that goal?

To map and travel the entire globe. 

500

Ferdinand Magellan sailed the western seas to find what?

Spices for trading

Where Did They Go

100

 Christopher Columbus was off to find new land. He started in Spain but where did he end up? 

Islands that are now called the Bahamas 

200

This European explorer was the famous by being the first European explorer to find Brazil, he set sail in 1500 and started in Spain. Where did this sailor end up?

Pedro Alvares Cabral started in Spain and ended up in India. 

300

This explorer wanted to find gold, he tried looking for it in Puerto Rico. But where did this explorer first set sail?

Juan Ponce de Leon started in St. Augustine Florida and ended up in Puerto Rico. 

400

Sir Francis Drake is the only European explorer to start in England. But where did he finish his journey?

Back in England, he traveled around the world back to England.

500

This explorer proved that a sea trading route was possible from Europe to Asia. In his journey he started in Portugal and ended up in?

Bartolemeu Dias started in Portugal and ended in India. 

When Did They Sail

100

Pedro Alvares Cabral set sail to India in hopes of finding goal and new land. When did he set sail?

March 9th, 1500. 

200

This explorer started in England and ended up in what is now known as North Carolina. When did this explorer end his travels?

Sir Walter Raleigh, 1587

300

This European explorer started across the Isthmus of Panama, he was in search of gold, he started sailing in what year?

Vasco Nunez de Bal Boa started sailing in 1513.

400

This European explorer sailed on the Gabriel Sao, he wanted to find a trade route from Europe or India, he was born in the year of 1460, when did he start?

Vasco De Gama started in 1524

500

This explorer was one of the first to show that the earth was round, he started his travels in Spain and went all the way to West Africa, then to Brazil. When did this explorer start his travels?

Ferdinand Magellan started his travels on September 5th, 1519.

Fun Fact

100

This explorer sailed around the tip of Africa being the first European Explorer to find this and giving it a new name. What was the name he gave it?

Cape of Good Hope

200

Marco Polo was famous for his travels, spending a lot of his life traveling. How much did he travel in the span of 24 years?

15,000 miles. 

300

It is believed that America got its name from this European explorer. What is the name of that explorer?

Amerigo Vespucci

400

This explorer owned a fleet of ships and was the captain of the biggest one of them all called The Pelican. Who is this explorer? 

Sir Francis Drake

500

This European explorer found Mexico and the Aztecs, but he was mostly known for exploring what area?

Hernando Cortes was known for exploring Central America.