Explorer Quiz Part 2

Magellan:

• First person to find an all-water route around Africa to Asia. 
• Although he was killed, his crew made the first trip around the world. 
• Wrote a book about his 17 years in China. 
• Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold. 

Leif Ericson:

• Discovered the Hudson Bay and Hudson River. 
• Started a school of navigation. 
• First European to set foot on the continent of North America while searching for wood for the Vikings. 
• Explored the waters off of Canada. 

Marco Polo:

• Named the Cape of Good Hope.
• Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold. 
• His crew made the first trip around the world. 
• Wrote a book about his 17 years in Asia and China. 

Prince Henry:

• Started a school of navigation and started mapping the coast of Africa. 
• Discovered the Hudson River. 
• His Italian name was Giovanni Caboto. 
• First person to find an all-water route around Africa to Asia. 

Coronado:

• Explored the waters off of Canada. 
• Started a school of navigation. 
• Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold and claimed much of the SW for Spain. 
• Wanted to find wood for the Viking settlements. 

Henry Hudson:

• Spent 17 years in Asia and China. 
• Discovered the Hudson Bay and Hudson River. 
• Started mapping the coast of Africa. 
• Named the Cape of Good Hope. 

Bartholomeu Dias

• First European to sail around the tip of Africa named the Cape of Good Hope. 
• Looked for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. 
• First person to find an all-water route around Africa to Asia. 
• Started a school of navigation. 

Vasco da Gama

• His crew reached the Indies and made the first trip around the world. 
• Looked for the Seven Cities of Gold. 
• First person to find an all-water route around Africa to Asia. 
• Spent 17 years in China and Asia. 

John Cabot

• First European to sail around the southern tip of Africa. 
• Landed in Newfoundland and his Italian name was Giovanni Caboto. 
• Started a school of naviation. 
• First European to set foot in North America.