Early Explorers

ASIA
ATLANTIC
CABOT
CARTIER
COLUMBUS
DANGEROUS
DRAKE
ENGLAND
ERICKSON
EUROPE
EXPLORER
FRANCE
GOLD
MERCHANT
NATIVEAMERICANS
NEWFOUNDLAND
PIRATE
ROUTE
SALIED
SHIP
SPICES
VERRAZANO
VIKING
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 on their journeys.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

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

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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  214n
ATLANTIC  214e
CABOT  1410n
CARTIER  124w
COLUMBUS  124s
DANGEROUS  1215nw
DRAKE  153s
ENGLAND  99ne
ERICKSON  97w
EUROPE  610nw
EXPLORER  122w
FRANCE  73w
GOLD  912w
MERCHANT  88se
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115e
PIRATE  26e
ROUTE  52w
SALIED  101w
SHIP  1211s
SPICES  151w
VERRAZANO  413ne
VIKING  16s
VOYAGE  413e