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Francis Drake
c.1540-1596SUB>		UK
97.7%
Walter Raleigh
c.1554-1618SUB>		UK
97.7%
Christopher Columbus
1451-1506SUB>		Italy
96.8%
Marco Polo
c.1254-1324SUB>		Italy
96.8%
Francisco Pizarro
c.1471 or 1476-1541SUB>		Spain
96.4%
Juan Ponce de León
1474-1521SUB>		Spain
96.4%
James Cook
1728-1779SUB>		UK
95.9%
Jacques Cartier
1491-1557SUB>		France
95.8%
Pytheas of Massalia
c.350-c.285 BCSUB>		France
95.8%
Roald Amundsen
1872-1928SUB>		Norway
95%
Fridtjof Nansen
1861-1930SUB>		Norway
95%
Vasco da Gama
1460 or 1469-1524SUB>		Portugal
94.9%
Ferdinand Magellan
1480-1521SUB>		Portugal
94.9%
Vitus Bering
1681-1741SUB>		USA
91.3%
Christopher Columbus
1451-1506SUB>		1492
85.2%
Ferdinand Magellan
1480-1521SUB>		Pacific Ocean
84.8%
Jacques Cartier
1491-1557SUB>		Canada
84.2%
Leif Ericson
c.970-c.1020SUB>		North America
82.9%
David Livingstone
1813-1873SUB>		UK
82.4%
Robert Falcon Scott
1868-1912SUB>		UK
82.4%
Alexander von Humboldt
1769-1859SUB>		Germany
82.3%
Leif Ericson
c.970-c.1020SUB>		Iceland
81.8%
Ferdinand Magellan
1480-1521SUB>		South America
79.2%
Christopher Columbus
1451-1506SUB>		Santa María
79%
Roald Amundsen
1872-1928SUB>		Arctic Ocean
77.6%
Abel Tasman
1603-1659SUB>		New Zealand
77.6%
Francisco Pizarro
c.1471 or 1476-1541SUB>		Inca
77.1%
Marco Polo
c.1254-1324SUB>		Silk Road
76.7%
Vasco da Gama
1460 or 1469-1524SUB>		India
76.6%
Vitus Bering
1681-1741SUB>		Denmark
76.2%
David Livingstone
1813-1873SUB>		Victoria Falls
74.9%
Juan Ponce de León
1474-1521SUB>		Fountain of Youth
73.1%
Juan Ponce de León
1474-1521SUB>		Florida
72.9%
Ernest Shackleton
1874-1922SUB>		Antarctica
72.1%
Walter Raleigh
c.1554-1618SUB>		Virginia
71.6%
Ernest Shackleton
1874-1922SUB>		Ireland
70.3%
Pytheas of Massalia
c.350-c.285 BCSUB>		The Moon
68.4%
Vitus Bering
1681-1741SUB>		Scurvy
68.4%
Roald Amundsen
1872-1928SUB>		South Pole
68.2%
Vitus Bering
1681-1741SUB>		Navy
66.2%
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Abel Tasman
1603-1659SUB>		Netherlands
65.2%
Abel Tasman
1603-1659SUB>		Tasmania
64%
Fridtjof Nansen
1861-1930SUB>		Skiing
63.9%
Christopher Columbus
1451-1506SUB>		Dominica
61.8%
Leif Ericson
c.970-c.1020SUB>		Christianity
61.5%
Fridtjof Nansen
1861-1930SUB>		Greenland
60.5%
Leif Ericson
c.970-c.1020SUB>		Erik the Red
59.9%
Fridtjof Nansen
1861-1930SUB>		Peace
59.8%
Francisco Pizarro
c.1471 or 1476-1541SUB>		Lima
59.8%
Walter Raleigh
c.1554-1618SUB>		El Dorado
54.2%
Francisco Pizarro
c.1471 or 1476-1541SUB>		Hernán Cortés
53.9%
Roald Amundsen
1872-1928SUB>		Northwest Passage
52.4%
Jacques Cartier
1491-1557SUB>		Saint Lawrence
51%
Marco Polo
c.1254-1324SUB>		Venice
49.7%
David Livingstone
1813-1873SUB>		Henry Stanley
49.2%
Jacques Cartier
1491-1557SUB>		Montreal
47.2%
Francis Drake
c.1540-1596SUB>		Spanish Armada
45.6%
James Cook
1728-1779SUB>		Hawaiian Islands
42%
Ferdinand Magellan
1480-1521SUB>		Philippines
40%
Pytheas of Massalia
c.350-c.285 BCSUB>		Baltic Sea
39.3%
Alexander von Humboldt
1769-1859SUB>		Thomas Jefferson
38.1%
Walter Raleigh
c.1554-1618SUB>		James I
38%
Robert Falcon Scott
1868-1912SUB>		Four
37.5%
Pytheas of Massalia
c.350-c.285 BCSUB>		Midnight
35.5%
David Livingstone
1813-1873SUB>		Zambezi
33.8%
Juan Ponce de León
1474-1521SUB>		Puerto Rico
29.3%
James Cook
1728-1779SUB>		Botany Bay
28.1%
Robert Falcon Scott
1868-1912SUB>		Terra Nova
26.6%
Francis Drake
c.1540-1596SUB>		Golden Hind
24.5%
Marco Polo
c.1254-1324SUB>		Kublai Khan
23.6%
Robert Falcon Scott
1868-1912SUB>		Ross Ice Shelf
21.8%
Vasco da Gama
1460 or 1469-1524SUB>		Goa
20.6%
Alexander von Humboldt
1769-1859SUB>		Penguin
17.8%
Alexander von Humboldt
1769-1859SUB>		Orinoco
17.2%
James Cook
1728-1779SUB>		HMS Endeavour
14.9%
Abel Tasman
1603-1659SUB>		New Holland
13.3%
Vasco da Gama
1460 or 1469-1524SUB>		Bartolomeu Dias
12.5%
Ernest Shackleton
1874-1922SUB>		South Georgia
11%
Ernest Shackleton
1874-1922SUB>		Endurance
9.4%
Francis Drake
c.1540-1596SUB>		El Draque
3.8%
 
Number % Answered
80 (all)
0.8%
75-79
1.7%
70-74
5.3%
65-69
7.6%
60-64
11.7%
55-59
14.1%
50-54
13.8%
45-49
10.7%
40-44
9.2%
35-39
5.4%
30-34
4.9%
25-29
4.4%
20-24
4%
15-19
3%
10-14
1.5%
5-9
1%
1-4
0.8%
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