| LIVINGSTONE | British explorer who, in 1855, we presume, was the first European to see Victoria Falls in southern Africa (11) |
| ZAMBEZI | Dr Livingstone, I presume, was the first European to explore this African river |
| ERNESTSHACKLETON | British explorer who, in 1909, reached a new furthest south latitude of 88 degrees and 23 minutes |
| SPONGECAKE | Ken goes with cap off - to see Victoria? (6,4) |
| LAKEVICTORIA | British explorer John Speke was the first European to see this body of water, in 1858 (4.8) |
| DIAS | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500). |
| BALBOA | Spaniard who in 1513 became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific (6) |
| DESOTO | Hernando ___, Spanish explorer who in 1541 became the first European to cross the Mississippi River (2,4) |
| ABEL | The first European to see New Zealand was the Dutch navigator, ... Tasman |
| JOHNHANNINGSPEKE | British Indian Army officer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (4,7,5) |
| CAMERON | Verney, explorer who was the first European to cross Africa from coast to coast (7) |
| CARTIER | Jacques, French explorer who was the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River, Canada (7) |
| SPEKE | John Hanning, English explorer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (5) |
| SHACKLETON | Ernest ___, British explorer who commanded three expeditions to the Antarctic, during the first of which the south magnetic pole was located |
| MATTHEWFLINDERS | British explorer who was the first to circumnavigate and map the Australian coast, in 1802-03 (7,8) |
| FERDINANDMAGELLAN | Portuguese navigator who was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean (9,8) |
| RICHARDBYRD | American explorer who in 1929 became the first person to fly over the South Pole: 2 wds. |
| BERING | Vitus ___, Danish navigator who was the first European to discover Alaska and its Aleutian Islands |
| HERNANDO | Spanish explorer and conquistador who in 1541 became the first European to cross the Mississippi River (8) |
| CAPTAINCOOK | British explorer who led the first European visit to Australia and Hawaii |
