| Hint | Nationality | Explorer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Often credited with "discovering" America but only reached the Bahamas | Genoese | Christopher Columbus | 100%
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| 24) First European to cross Africa from coast to coast andnamed Victoria Falls, which the town in Zambia bears his name | Scottish | David Livingstone | 88%
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| 2) His expedition led the first circumnavigationof the globe in 1522 | Portuguese | Ferdinand Magellan | 88%
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| 4) His explorations led to the discovery ofthe NY river and Canadian bay that bear his name | English | Henry Hudson | 88%
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| 21) Spanish conquistador who claimed Mexico for Spainand conquered the Aztecs | Spanish | Hernan Cortes | 88%
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| 9) Charted the coasts of Australia, New Zealand,Tasmania and much of the remote Pacific | English | James Cook | 88%
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| 16) His expedition was the first to reach the South Polein frigid Antarctica | Norwegian | Roald Amundsen | 88%
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| 29) First explorer to reach New Zealand and chart the Fijiand Tongan islands. An Australian island bears his name | Dutch | Abel Tasman | 75%
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| 17) She completed the first non stop flight across the Atlantic | American | Amelia Earhart | 75%
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| 3) Norse explorer who first discovered NorthAmerica, reaching Canada in the 1000s | Icelandic | Leif Erikson | 75%
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| 18) Charted the course to the Pacific across the newlybought Louisiana territory | Americans | Lewis and Clark | 75%
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| 8) Introduced European trade to Central Asia/Chinaalong the Silk Road and did missions for Kublai Khan | Venetian | Marco Polo | 75%
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| 11) First astronaut to walk on the moon | American | Neil Armstrong | 75%
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| 5) Discovered the first route to India via theCape of Good Hope to open European trade | Portuguese | Vasco da Gama | 75%
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| 10) Explored the area of Virginia, which he namedthe territory after the Queen. The capital of North Carolina bears his name | English | Walter Raleigh | 75%
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| 7) Discovered the Amazon river delta and statedthat the Americas were a new continent, not Asia | Florentine | Amerigo Vespucci | 50%
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| 14) Landed in "new found land" in Canada, which heclaimed for England | Venetian-English | John Cabot | 25%
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| 6) Led the first European expedition to Puerto Rico and later explored Florida trying to find the legendary Fountain of Youth | Spanish | Ponce De Leon | 25%
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| 13) His voyages discovered the Azores and much ofthe West African coastline | Portuguese | Henry the Navigator | 13%
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| 28) First European to discover the Mississippi river area andexplored much of the American South | Spanish | Hernando De Soto | 13%
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| 23) Mapped a significant area from Africa to Asia, bringingMuslim culture into different parts of the world | Moroccan | Ibn Battuta | 13%
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| 20) His expeditions mapped Baffin island, Labradorand the strait that bears his name | English | John Davis | 13%
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| 12) Commanded the legendary treasure fleet andexplored much of SE Asia, the Middle East and Africa | Chinese | Zheng He | 13%
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| 30) First European to reach the legendary city of Timbuktu in Mali | Scottish | Alexander Gordon Laing | 0%
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| 19) Explorer who named Venezuela and explored Guyana, Curacao, Columbia and the southern Caribbean | Spanish | Alonso de Ojeda | 0%
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| 26) His explorations set a new "furthest south" record in theAntarctic, reaching the magnetic Pole, and climbed Mt Erebus | Irish | Ernest Shackleton | 0%
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| 25) Charted the length of the Congo river and circumnavigatedLake Victoria while searching for the above | Welsh | Henry Morton Stanley | 0%
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| 27) Mapped the St Lawrence river and gulf and claimed Canadafor France | French | Jacques Cartier | 0%
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| 15) Regarded as the discoverer of Brazil when hisexpedition landed and claimed it for Portugal | Portuguese | Pedro Alvares Cabral | 0%
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