Explorer Vocab

a ship or large boat

• voyage

• big boat

• vessel

• expedition

the person in charge of plotting and directing the course of a ship

• native

• navigator

• explorer

• sponsor

a trip by water, over land, by air, or through space

• New World

• colony

• voyage

• expedition

land settled and ruled by people from another country

• cargo

• New World

• colony

• native

a person who was born in the country in which she or he currently lives

• native

• explorer

• sponsor

• navigator

a journey or voyage taken by a group of people with a goal or purpose in mind

• voyage

• vessel

• navigator

• expedition

goods carried by a ship, airplane, truck, or other vehicle

• gold

• cargo

• sponsor

• vessel

a person who travels to unknown places usually in search of something valuable or rare like gold, silk, and jewels

• expedition

• explorer

• native

• sponsor

a person, country, or business that agrees to pay for a project or activity in exchange for new information, land, or valuables

• explorer

• native

• sponsor

• navigator

the name sometimes used for North and South America

• colony

• New World

• native

• settlement