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Columbus first sailed with the ships: The Nina, Santa Maria and?
Pinta
Which explorer's ship, The Endurance, was lost in Antarctica in 1915?
Ernest Shackleton
Which British explorer died on the island of Hawaii in 1779?
James Cook
Who was head of the Mongol Empire when Marco Polo visitied?
Kublai Khan
The great muslim explorer, Ibn Battuta, trained as what for a profession?
Judge
Which British explorer visited Mecca and was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika?
Richard Francis Burton
Which explorer has a species of penguin named after them?
Ferdinand Magellan
Nicknamed El Draque (The Dragon) by the Spanish, this privateer raided along South America
Francis Drake
This Norwegian, the first to cross the Greenland interior, also won the Nobel Peace prize for his displaced victim work after WW1
Fridtjof Nansen
Which Italian from Genoa sailed for the British Empire and discovered New Foundland (Anglicized)?
John Cabot
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Which Dutch explorer has a national park in the South Island of New Zealand named after him?
Abel Tasman
This American explorer of the Mississippi was also a Lieutenant who died in the battle of York during the War of 1812. A peak in Colorado is named after him
Zebulon Pike
Sir John Franklin's ill-fated voyage to the Arctic in 1845 had to ships - the HMS Erebus and the HMS?
Terror
Along with William John Wills, this explorer and his party were the first to cross Australia from South to North
Robert Burke
Who was the sherpa that climbed Mt Everest along with Edmund Hillary?
Tenzing Norgay
Which ancient Greek explorer is thought to have circumnavigated Britain and Ireland around 325 BCE?
Pytheas
Who was the commandeer of the legendary Chinese Treasure Fleet in the 15th century?
Zheng He
Which Scottish explorer was the first European to navigate large parts of the Niger River?
Mungo Park
Which Frenchman lead 3 expeditions into the interior of the St. Lawrence River area and mapped the Gulf of St Lawrence?
Jacques Cartier
Which U.S president was part of an expedition to map the 'River of Doubt' in the Amazon Basin after he had served his term?