| JOHNCABOT | 15th Century Italian navigator and explorer; one of the first Europeans to discover the North American mainland (4,5) |
| CABOT | John ---, 15th century Italian navigator and explorer; one of the first Europeans to discover the North American mainland (5) |
| MARCOPOLO | Venetian trader and explorer; one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China and visit Kublai Khan (5,4) |
| FERDINANDMAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer, one of whose ships was the first to circumnavigate the globe |
| IMBIBER | One takes in how US pop idol introduces himself? First European's ignored (7) |
| THREAT | For that reason, first European's dropped ultimatum (6) |
| COLUMBUS | Italian navigator and explorer who led expeditions to the New World (8) |
| MUNGO | ___ Park, 1771-1806, Scottish surgeon and explorer who went to Africa to discover the course of the River Niger (5) |
| ANDERSON | "As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might." On January 7, 1955, she became the first African Americ |
| CARTIER | Jacques, French explorer who was the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River, Canada (7) |
| THEORIENT | Term formerly used by Europeans to describe the area east of the Mediterranean: ___ ___ (3,6) |
| VESPUCCI | Italian navigator whose forename is said to be the origin of "America" |
| BARENTS | - - - Sea, a part of the Arctic Ocean named after a Dutch navigator and explorer (7) |
| JAMESCOOK | British navigator and explorer who explored the eastern coast of Australia in 1770 (5,4) |
| ANTIPODES | I send pa to discover the other side of the world (9) |
| DELILAH | Woman in the Bible who was bribed to discover the source of Samson's strength (7) |
| EASIEST | Each street starts, ie one way and that's the most straightforward (7) |
| VITUSBERING | Danish navigator and explorer who led Russia's Great Northern Expedition of 1733-43 (5,6) |
| HENRYHUDSON | English navigator and explorer with a N. American river and bay named after him |
| COOK | James ...., navigator and explorer included in 18's list of Yorkshire greats (4) |
