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.

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

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2P N # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3I # A T L A N T I C A B O T #
4C # # C A R T I E R # # # # #
5E # # O I V E R R A Z A N O E
6S V S L # R O U T E # # # P #
7# I A U # # E R I C K S O N #
8E K L M # # R M # # U R H # #
9G I I B # # E E A O U # # I #
10A N E U # R N # R E # # # # P
11Y G D S C G # E # O V # # A #
12O # # H L # G O L D L I # I #
13V # A A # N E T A R I P T S #
14# N N # A # # # # # # # X A #
15T D # D N A L D N U O F W E N
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  1414n
ATLANTIC  33e
CABOT  103e
CARTIER  44e
COLUMBUS  44s
DANGEROUS  415ne
DRAKE  91e
ENGLAND  89sw
ERICKSON  77e
EUROPE  1010ne
EXPLORER  1415nw
FRANCE  31e
GOLD  712e
MERCHANT  88sw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515w
PIRATE  1213w
ROUTE  66e
SALIED  36s
SHIP  127se
SPICES  11s
VERRAZANO  65e
VIKING  26s
VOYAGE  113n