June 8, 2025

Famous explorers who charted unknown territories and expanded our understanding of the world

Questions
  1. Who is credited with leading the first expedition to cross the entire continent of Australia in 1860?
  2. Which Norwegian explorer is famous for leading the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911?
  3. Name the Italian explorer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic and discovered the New World in 1492.
  4. Which British explorer is renowned for her solo circumnavigation of the globe in the 2010s?
  5. Who was the Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route around Africa to India in the late 15th century?
  6. Which American explorer is remembered for leading the Lewis and Clark Expedition across North America from 1804 to 1806?
  7. Name the Danish explorer who led the first expedition to the northeastern coast of Greenland in 1906.
  8. Which explorer is known for his expeditions into the Amazon rainforest in the 19th century?
  9. Who was the Finnish explorer famous for his Arctic expeditions, including crossing the Arctic Ocean over the ice in the 1930s?
  10. Which Spanish conquistador is known for leading the expedition that resulted in the fall of the Aztec Empire?
Answers
  1. John McDouall Stuart
  2. Roald Amundsen
  3. Christopher Columbus
  4. Jessica Watson
  5. Vasco da Gama
  6. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
  7. Knud Rasmussen
  8. Henry Walter Bates
  9. Fridtjof Nansen
  10. Hernán Cortés