a Northern Passage through the Americas to Asia

evidence of a Viking settlement in the New World

trading opportunities on the Atlantic Coast of North America

an appropriate location for a Dutch settlement in North America

a passage through Central America to Asia

Captain James Cook

Christopher Columbus

Vasco da Gama

Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Francis Drake

Ferdinand Magellan

Captain James Cook

Amerigo Vespucci

Prince Henry the Navigator

Marco Polo

He was the first European to reach India by sea.

He was the first European to sail to the Americas.

He opened Africa up to European colonization.

He was the first European to sail to the continent of Australia.

He was the first European to reach Japan by sea.