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.

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

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2S T J O H N C A B O T V S # #
3I # A # # D N A L E C I T # #
4A # # L E I F E R I C K S O N
5# # # # A D R A K E # I I # O
6T # S E F N # # # # A N N # R
7N V E G R A T P # # D G O E T
8A E T A A L E I # # A S L T H
9H R U Y N N N R C # N H O A A
10C R O O C E G A O O A I C G M
11R A R V E E L T # L C P # I E
12E Z # # # R A E # # P E # V R
13M A # # # G N # # # # X A A I
14# N D N A L D N U O F W E N C
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  11s
ATALANTICOCEAN  88se
CANADA  1111n
COLONISTS  1310n
COLUMBUS  1015w
DRAKE  65e
ENGLAND  78s
EXPLORE  1314nw
FRANCE  56s
GREENLAND  613n
ICELAND  123w
JAQUESCARTIER  11e
JOHNCABOT  32e
LEIFERICKSON  44e
MERCHANT  113n
NAVIGATE  1414n
NEWFOUNDLAND  1414w
NORTHAMERICA  154s
PIRATE  87s
ROUTES  311n
VERRAZANO  27s
VIKINGSHIP  121s
VOYAGE  411n
VOYAGE  411n