Explorers

He sailed around the bottom of Africa and opened up the trade routes to India by being the first explorer to reach Asia

• B. Diaz
• Vasco de Gama
• Columbus
• Polo

First sailor to sail around the tip of Africa, The cape of good hope

• de Gama
• Polo 
• Columbus
• Dias

He was from Italy but sailed for Spain in the year 1492

• Magellan
• Diaz
• Columbus
• Cabral

Though he had landed in India, so he called the people he found, "Indians."

• Columbus
• King Ferdinand
• de Gama
• Vespucci

Received ships from King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella in hopes of finding a westward passage to Asia

• Pedro Alvarz
• Balboa
• Polo
• Columbus

Explored eastern South America and claimed it for Portugal

• Pedro Alvarez Cabral
• Rocky Balboa
• Perri Portugal
• Eddy Explorer

The Americas were named after him, even though he was a Merchant.

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Marco Polo
• Sam Walton
• Al Boscov

This Spanish Explorer reached the Pacific Ocean in 1513 after landing in Panama.

• Rocky Balboa
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Magellan
• Vespucci

First explorer to circumnavigate the world, or shall we say, his crew was first

• Magellan
• John Glen
• Amelia Earhart
• Cortez

Although his crew sailed the entire way around the world and he died 3/4 of the way, this explorer was given credit for sailing around the world

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Dr. Scholls
• Ponce de Leon
• Coranado Magellan