| SPEKE | John ___, British explorer and the first European to reach Lake Victoria (5) |
| BANKS | Joseph ___, British explorer and naturalist elected president of the Royal Society in 1778 (5) |
| BALBOA | Vasco Nunez de ---, Spanish explorer and the first European to reach the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean in 1513 (6) |
| KNUDRASMUSSEN | Explorer, the "father of Eskimology" and the first European to cross the Northwest Passage by dog sled |
| DORA | "___ the Explorer" and the cartoon cousin of 50- |
| SHACKLETON | Ernest ___, British explorer who commanded three expeditions to the Antarctic, during the first of which the south magnetic pole was located |
| ROSS | Sir James Clark _; British explorer (4) |
| JOHNHANNINGSPEKE | British Indian Army officer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (4,7,5) |
| SCOTT | Surname shared by a British explorer and a British author (5) |
| INNES | John _, British property developer and philanthropist who bequeathed funds for the establishment of a horticultural institute (5) |
| OATES | Surname of the British explorer who went with Scott to the South Pole and died "a very gallant gentleman" (5) |
| LEIFERIKSON | Norse explorer and likely the first European to reach North America. (4,7) |
| LOCKE | John ___, British philosopher (5) |
| STURT | 19th century British explorer who searched for an inland sea in Australia (5) |
| DAGAMA | Vasco .. ...., Portuguese explorer, the first European to reach India by sea (2,4) |
| VASCODAGAMA | Portuguese navigator who, in 1498, became the first European to reach India by sea (5,2,4) |
| TASMAN | Abel___ (1603 - 59), Dutch explorer, the first European to reach New Zealand (6) |
| KEATS | John ___ (British odist) |
| BRAZIL | Pedro Alvares Cabral was the first European to reach it. |
| MATTHEW | British explorer and navigator who charted the Australian coastline, ... Flinders |
