Can you pick the explorer who discovered (or is best known for exploring) each location?
Click the matching answer button below Correctly selected answers will show up in green Source: Infoplease, et al. (see note) http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/
http://www.infoplease.com/biography/explorers.html
NOTE: These explorers were either the first to reach or the best-known for exploring the given locations.
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Colorado River
South Pole
Moon
Baffin Bay
Pacific Ocean
Lake Tanganyika
St. Lawrence River
West Indies
Sandwich Islands
Aztec Empire
India, by sea
Florida
Greenland
Earth orbit
Hudson Bay
North America (Nova Scotia)
Louisiana Territory, Oregon Territory
Zambezi River and Victoria Falls
North Pole
China
Zaire River (Congo)
New York Bay
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Explorer's Exploits Exposed (clickable) Quiz
Created Jun 14, 2012 in History
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Cortez : Aug 18th, 2012 at 21:09 GMT 1 point The answer to the Pacific Ocean could also be Cook, Balboa was merely the first European to see it. Sandwich Islands is a poor example.
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