Early Explorers
The earliest recorded European explorer to travel through Asia
Who is Marco Polo?
English explorer who sailed for the Dutch and found the Hudson River.
Who is Henry Hudson?
Europeans explored and colonized the Americas by travelling and using this type of transportation.
Who is a boat?
His crew was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This French explorer was the first to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
Explored the New England coastline for England
Who is John Cabot?
During Cartier's second voyage to Canada, his ship was infested with rats who ate all the food. What did the ships crew eat to survive?
What is leather?
This famous captain pioneered a new method to take care of scurvy.
Who is Captain James Cook?
Italian explorer who found modern day New Foundland.
Who is John Cabot?
The first attempt by Europeans to colonize the New World occurred around 1000 A.D.. Who was this group?
Who are the Vikings?
The name of the indigenous people of the Caribbean that Christopher Columbus encountered on his first journey to the Americas.
What is Tiano?
This explorer has a bridge named after him in New York Harbor?
Who is Giovanni da Verrazano?
Portuguese explorer who became the first to sail around Africa for India and returned with spices.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
This explorer was the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
This French explorer, known as the father of France, founded Quebec (1605), the oldest city in Canada.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was named governor of this territory.
What is Puerto Rico?
This Chinese explorer, mariner and diplomat traveled on behalf of the Emporer of the Ming Dynasty.
Who is Zheng He?
Jacques Cartier navigated the Atlantic coast and this river.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
Known for founding the 1st European Settlement on Puerto Rico.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
On January 18, 1778, the English explorer becomes the first European to travel to the Hawaiian Islands when he sails past the island of Oahu.
What is Captain James Cook?
This explorer died when his crew mutinied and left him and his son and seven crew members adrift in a small open boat in the Hudson Bay.
Who is Henry Hudson?