| A | B |
| Columbus | The explorer who landed in San Salvador but thought he had reached the Indies. |
| Cabot | The first English explorer to sail to North America. He disappeared on his second journey. |
| Hudson | An explorer whose men revolted and set him adrift in a small boat. |
| Cortes | The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. |
| Coronado | The Spanish explorer who explored the American Southwest and saw the Grand Canyon |
| Ponce de Leon | The Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of Youth in Florida. |
| Cartier | The French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River and founded Montreal. |
| La Salle | The French explorer who claimed all of the land drained by the Mississippi River for King Louis of France. |