Explorers and Their Discoveries

Who was the first European to navigate around the Cape of Good Hope?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which explorer established a settlement in Brazil?

• Pedro Cabral

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who was the first explorer to suggest sailing west to get to Asia?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

• Sir Francis Drake

Which explorer searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry Hudson

• Willem Janszoon

Who was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean through Panama?

• Vasco da Gama

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Abel Tasman

• Jacques Cartier

Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Sir Francis Drake

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Bartholomeu Dias

Who was the first European to cross the Mississippi River?

• Hernando de Soto

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

Which explorer landed in Newfoundland, Canada?

• John Cabot

• Pedro Cabral

• Willem Janszoon

• Samuel de Champlain

Who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe?

• Sir Francis Drake

• Christopher Columbus

• Abel Tasman

• Vasco da Gama

Which explorer sailed the St. Lawrence River?

• Jacques Cartier

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Henry Hudson

• Juan Ponce de Leon