Explorer Worksheet
(Your teacher may give you a copy of this page. These are the questions you should try to answer) If you do not get a paper copy, click here for a Word document to print

1.    What is the name of your Explorer? Is he/she famous for a particular accomplishment?

2.    What year was he/she born?

       What year did he/she die?

3.     What country sponsored your explorer?

4.    Was there a particular person who commissioned their voyage?

5.    How many voyages did your explorer make?

        Which voyage will you be researching?

6.    What were the dates of this voyage? (Date departed - date returned)

7.    What was the purpose of the voyage? (Include in your answer any trade goals, religious motivations, etc.)

8.    What did your explorer travel in? How large a party accompanied him/her? (include number and name of ships, number of men, etc.)

9.    What was accomplished by the voyage?

10.    What were the highlights of the voyage? (shipwrecks, hostile natives, disease, trouble with the crew, etc.)

11.  Did your explorer find what they set out to discover?