1. Which great explorer is famous for his fulfilment of the first all water trade route between India and Europe?
2. Whose voyages were the base for France's claim to Canada, his initial intention was to search for the Northwest Passage to the Orient?
3. Along with his brother, which famous explorer reached Kaifeng, the capital of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire in 1265?
4. Which great explorer found a new continent thinking he had found a new way to India?
5. Who was the first man to explore Antarctica by land?
6. Famous for his sea explorations, who helped develop the first self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA)?
7. Which Spanish explorer was the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River?
8. Which Portuguese explorer who was in command of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India?
9.Who on July 20, 1969, became the first human being to set foot on the moon?
10. From 1971–1998 who's image was portrayed on £10 notes?

 

 

 

Answers

1. Vasco da Gama
2. Jacques Cartier
3. Marco Polo
4. Christopher Columbus
5. Captain Scott
6. Jacques Cousteau
7. Hernando de Soto
8. Vasco da Gama
9. Neil Armstrong
10. David Livingstone's