NAME: ________________________
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CLUES
1. French discoverer of the St. Lawrence River.
2. French founder of Quebec.
3. Italian who sailed for England and discovered Newfoundland in 1497.
4. Portuguese explorer who was the first to reach the tip of Africa.
5. Florentine who explored the coast of South America for Spain and
was the
first to publish the idea that a new continent had been discovered.
6. FREE POINT!!
7. Dutch explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage and discovered
a
river which was named after him.
8. Genoese explorer who reached San Salvador on October 12, 1492.
9. Portuguese explorer who was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope
and
sail on to India in 1498.
10. Italian sailing for France who discovered New York while looking
for
the Northwest Passage.
11. Spaniard who discovered California.
12. Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida
13. Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River.
14. Conqueror of the Aztecs.
15. Spanish explorer who discovered the "South Sea".
16. Spanish explorer of the SW part of U.S. looking for the "Lost Cities
of
Gold."
17. Spanish conqueror of the Incas.
18. Portuguese explorer who accidentally discovered Brazil.
19. Man credited with the first circumnavigation of the world.