Early Explorers

ASIA
ATALANTICOCEAN
CANADA
COLONISTS
COLUMBUS
DRAKE
ENGLAND
EXPLORE
FRANCE
GREENLAND
ICELAND
JAQUESCARTIER
JOHNCABOT
LEIFERICKSON
MERCHANT
NAVIGATE
NEWFOUNDLAND
NORTHAMERICA
PIRATE
ROUTES
VERRAZANO
VIKINGSHIP
VOYAGE
VOYAGE

This word search contains the names of the Early Explorers we have covered in class. It also lists some of the countries mentioned in our studies as well as describing what some of the explorers were hoping to find in their journeys.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

E T A G I V A N V O Y A G E A
W B D N A L D N U O F W E N C
T G S U B M U L O C L Q A A I
N V R H G P R H O Z Y E N P R
A Y Z E I W E L G D C A I O E
H S W R E N O Z N O D H U E M
C S A L G N E A C A S T R E A
R T X L I C L I Q G E O K Z H
E Q A S N E T A N S L A Y E T
M N T A C N M I N P R U K T R
D S R I A L K W X D G J H O O
A F A L E I F E R I C K S O N
I F A L V E R R A Z A N O E Y
S T O G R J O H N C A B O T V
A J A Q U E S C A R T I E R R
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Answer Key for Early Explorers

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1E T A G I V A N V O Y A G E A
2# # D N A L D N U O F W E N C
3T G S U B M U L O C # # A A I
4N # R # # P # # O # # E N P R
5A # # E I # E L # D C A I O E
6H # # R E N O # N O D H U E M
7C # A # G N E A C A S T R E A
8R T # L I C L I # G E O K # H
9E # A S N E T A N S L A # # T
10M N T A C N # I N P R # # # R
11D S R I A # K # X D # # # # O
12A F # L E I F E R I C K S O N
13I # A # V E R R A Z A N O # #
14S T # # # J O H N C A B O T #
15A J A Q U E S C A R T I E R #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  115n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  152sw
COLONISTS  103sw
COLUMBUS  103w
DRAKE  1011ne
ENGLAND  75sw
EXPLORE  812ne
FRANCE  212ne
GREENLAND  23se
ICELAND  411ne
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  614e
LEIFERICKSON  412e
MERCHANT  110n
NAVIGATE  81w
NEWFOUNDLAND  142w
NORTHAMERICA  1512n
PIRATE  64sw
ROUTES  154sw
VERRAZANO  513e
VIKINGSHIP  612ne
VOYAGE  91e
VOYAGE  91e