EXPLORERS

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This was the first explorer to circumnavigate (sail around) the world.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Walter Raleigh

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He was the first explorer to find an all-water rote to India in 1497.

• Walter Raleigh

• Vasco da Gama

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Amerigo Vespucci

Multiple Choice

He was the first European to arrive in what is now Florida, USA.

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Walter Raleigh

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He was a English explorer whose expedition went looking for El Dorado (a legendary city of gold).

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Walter Raleigh

Multiple Choice

This explorer searched for the legendary Fountain of Youth.

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Walter Raleigh

• Amerigo Vespucci

Multiple Choice

The Americas take their name from this legendary explorer.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Walter Raleigh

• Vasco da Gama

Multiple Choice

This explorer helped to set up the lost colony of Roanoke in North America.

• Walter Raleigh

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Multiple Choice

This explorer was killed by angry natives in the Philippines.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Walter Raleigh

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

Poll

Which explorer are you most interested in learning more about?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Walter Raleigh