Explorers
Christopher Columbus
This historic ship delivered the Pilgrims from England to the Americas
What is the Mayflower
This was the birth city of Christopher Columbus in 1451
What is Genoa Italy
Christoper Columbus was looking for a trade route to India when he found this
The Americas
Italian explorer, Giovanni Da Verrazano, was the first explorer to be sponsored by the King of which country?
What is "France"? (King Francis sponsored Verrazano, excited about getting into the spice trade but nervous about angering Spain and Portugal.
these English Puritans traveled to The Americas looking for a New home for their religion
who are the pilgrims
This ship carried Columbus himself across the great ocean to discover the Americas
What is the Santa Maria
As a young boy, this explorer learned to sail as a cabin boy on a Muscovy Company trading ship
Who is Henry Hudson
Bartholomew Dias was looking for a passage to India around the African coastline when he found this now famous landmark
What is the Cape of Good Hope
Jacques Cartier and his sailors were the first known Europeans to see this great animal, which they described as "large, clumsy oxen with two tusks like those of an elephant".
What is a walrus?
This explorers was the first English explorer to travel north looking for a short path to Asia
Henry Hudson
This ship delivered John Cabot to Canada in 1497
What is the Mathew
This sailor moved to Venice with his father at age 10 and became a citizen at age 26
Who is John Cabot
Henry Hudson was looking for a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the Arctic ocean when he found this site in Spitzbergen
What is Whales Bay
This brave and adventurous explorer used to hunt ferocious wolves and wild boars before becoming an explorer.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This English explorer was issued by Henry VII to claim Canada for England in 1497
who is John Cabbot
This ship was the first to circumnavigate the world under Ferdinand Magellan
What is the Victoria
This explorer grew up hunting wolves and boars in the wild hills, but was soon accepted as a page of king John II of Portugal
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
John Cabot was paid by British merchants to find a shorter route to China but ended up discovering this large island off the coast of Canada
What is Newfoundland
This Portuguese explorer once hosted the Sultan of Mozambique on his ship, but the Sultan was not impressed with the goods they had for sale.
Who was Vasco Da Gama?
This Spanish explorer set out from the east indies and discovered a shortcut to the spice islands in 1519
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
This was Henry Hudson's ship on his first journey to find a path to Asia
What is the Hopewell
This explorer was a knight of Portugal and was well educated in horsemanship and weaponry
Who is Bartholomew Dias
Ferdinand Magellan was looking for a passage through America when he found this previously unknown "peaceful" ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean
This Italian explorer's name was changed by the English merchants who sponsored his voyage.
Who was Giovanni Coboto (or John Cabot)?