| What | Nationality | Explorer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Discovered" the New World | Genoan | Christopher Columbus | 98%
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| First person to walk on the Moon | American | Neil Armstrong | 93%
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| European discovery of Hawaii and eastern Australia | English | James Cook | 84%
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| Traveled through China and met Kublai Khan | Venetian | Marco Polo | 83%
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| Credited for first circumnavigation of the Earth, but he died along the way | Portuguese | Ferdinand Magellan | 75%
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| First sea voyage from Europe to India | Portuguese | Vasco da Gama | 67%
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| Established settlement of Vinland, in modern day Canada | Norse | Leif Ericson | 62%
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| Co-first climber to reach the top of Everest | New Zealand | Edmund Hillary | 56%
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| Privateer who led the world's 2nd circumnavigation | English | Francis Drake | 54%
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| Surveyed the Louisiana Purchase | American | Meriwether Lewis | 53%
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| Surveyed the Louisiana Purchase | American | William Clark | 53%
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| Led the first expedition to the South Pole | Norwegian | Roald Amundsen | 49%
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| Explored the interior of Africa and was found by Stanley | Scottish | David Livingstone | 48%
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| First European to reach Tasmania and New Zealand | Dutch | Abel Tasman | 43%
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| Explored the area around modern-day New York City while looking for the Northwest Passage | English | Henry Hudson | 42%
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| Explored the deep sea and helped develop the Aqua-Lung | French | Jacques Cousteau | 40%
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| Co-first climber to reach the top of Everest | Nepalese | Tenzing Norgay | 40%
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| Colonized Virginia and searched for the mythical "City of Gold" | English | Walter Raleigh | 38%
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| Led the first European expedition to Florida, said to be looking for the Fountain of Youth | Spanish | Juan Ponce de León | 23%
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| Explored the Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia | English | George Vancouver | 17%
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| Admiral who sailed a "treasure fleet" of over 300 ships from China to Africa and Arabia | Chinese | {Zheng} He | 17%
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| First European to cross the isthmus of Panama | Spanish | Vasco Núñez de Balboa | 13%
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