| A | B |
| Magellan's nationality | Portuguese |
| Columbus' nationality | Italian |
| Some of Magellan's personality traits | Reserved, withdrawn, and autocratic |
| north-south position | latitude |
| east-west position | longitude |
| This measured the angle between the sun and the horizon | a sextant |
| A ship's navigation journal | rutter |
| The two types of north | magnetic and true |
| Columbus set sail from this country | Spain |
| Columbus' voyage ushered in this era | Age of Discovery |
| Columbus landed here on October 12, 1492 | the Bahamas |
| Magellan died here in 1521 | the Philippines |