question edit history translations

Who was the first European navigator to reach Brazil?

Christopher Columbus

Bartolomeu Dias

Pedro Álvares Cabral

Amerigo Vespucci

On 15 February 1500, Cabral was appointed a commander of a fleet sailing for India. The fleet crossed the Equator on 9 April, and sailed westward as far as possible from the African continent in what was known as the Volta do mar (literally "turn of the sea") navigational technique. They landed in a land they took for an unknown island and named Ilha de Vera Cruz (Island of the True Cross), which in fact was Brazil.

globalquiz.org

3

wikipedia → Pedro Álvares Cabral

Age of DiscoveryBrazilexplorershistoryhistory of Brazilhistory of South AmericasailingSouth America

History of South America quiz Explorers quiz Sailing quiz

You will play as

Answers by country

Brazil

0%

0%

100%

0%

10

Spain

8%

25%

66%

0%

12

India

23%

23%

46%

7%

39

Greece

0%

23%

46%

30%

13

the United States

10%

23%

45%

19%

202

Republic of Ireland

5%

38%

44%

11%

18

the United Kingdom

16%

26%

37%

19%

132

France

6%

31%

37%

25%

16

Switzerland

15%

23%

34%

26%

26

Poland

12%

25%

31%

30%

9271

Australia

18%

40%

31%

9%

22

Germany

16%

25%

29%

27%

266

Canada

21%

35%

28%

14%

14

Austria

7%

32%

27%

32%

40

Italy

7%

38%

23%

30%

13

the Netherlands

40%

50%

10%

0%

10

Who was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage? (sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans)

After whom is Queen Maud Land in Antarctica named?

Norwegian queen

Mythical queen of the Amazons

Which famous explorer resorted to piracy during his expeditions?

Christopher Columbus

Who was the first European navigator to reach Australia?

Willem Janszoon