Which Dutch explorer discovered Easter Island in 1722?
Answer
Jacob Roggeveen
79 The Age Of Exploration Trivia Questions with Answers
79 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Spanish explorer founded the first permanent European settlement in Florida?
Answer
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Which French explorer explored the Mississippi River to its mouth in 1682?
Answer
René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Which English explorer discovered the Hudson River in 1609?
Answer
Henry Hudson
Which British explorer charted the east coast of Australia in 1770?
Answer
James Cook
What ship carried the Pilgrims to North America in 1620?
Answer
Mayflower
Which French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River in 1535?
Answer
Jacques Cartier
Which English explorer completed the second circumnavigation of the globe?
Answer
Francis Drake
Which French explorer founded Quebec City in 1608?
Answer
Samuel de Champlain
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca Empire in the 1530s?
Answer
Francisco Pizarro
Which explorer first sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
Answer
Bartolomeu Dias
Who was the Portuguese prince who sponsored early exploration voyages?
Answer
Prince Henry the Navigator
Which Italian explorer was the first to realize the Americas were a new continent?
Answer
Amerigo Vespucci
Which Spanish explorer completed the first circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan's death?
Answer
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which explorer is credited with the first European sighting of mainland Australia?
Answer
Willem Janszoon
Which Spanish explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas?
Answer
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Which Dutch explorer was the first European to sight New Zealand in 1642?
Answer
Abel Tasman
Which Spanish conquistador led the expedition that destroyed the Aztec Empire?
Answer
Hernán Cortés
What treaty divided the non-European world between Spain and Portugal in 1494?
Answer
Treaty of Tordesillas
Which Portuguese explorer first reached Brazil in 1500?
Answer
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Which explorer reached Newfoundland in 1497 under the English flag?
Answer
John Cabot
What ocean did Ferdinand Magellan name the 'Peaceful Sea'?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
Which country sponsored Vasco da Gama's voyage to India in 1498?
Answer
Portugal