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Portuguese explorer, one of whose ships was the first to circumnavigate the globe
SCOTSMANFlying -, Sir Nigel Gresley's LNER Class A3 that was the first locomotive to clock 100 mph and the first to circumnavigate the globe (8)
QUARANTINEHistorically, a plain yellow flag on ships was used to signal ___. This meant movement of people was restricted to prevent spread of disease.
NANSENFridtjof, Norwegian explorer whose ship was the Fram (6)
BLACKBEARDPirate whose ship was the Queen Anne's Revenge (10)
MAGELLANFerdinand -, Portuguese explorer who was first to circumnavigate the globe (8)
MATTHEWFLINDERSBritish explorer who was the first to circumnavigate and map the Australian coast, in 1802-03 (7,8)
LINERWhich kind of ship was the Titanic? (5)
ERNESTSHACKLETONExplorer whose ship Endurance became trapped in the Antarctic ice (6,10)
EARHARTFirst woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, whose disappearance during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe remains a mystery (7)
DRAKEWhich Francis was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe? (5)
FRANCISDRAKEThe first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe (7,5)
ROBINKNOXJOHNSTON
First person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop
MARYROSEThe excavation of this ship was one of the most important in the history of marine archaeology. It was the most powerful of Henry VIII's warships, his pride and joy, and it was probably named after hi
MARCOPOLOVenetian trader and explorer; one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China and visit Kublai Khan (5,4)
JOHNCABOT15th Century Italian navigator and explorer; one of the first Europeans to discover the North American mainland (4,5)
CABOTJohn ---, 15th century Italian navigator and explorer; one of the first Europeans to discover the North American mainland (5)
EIGHTYMinimum age of an octogenarian; or, the number of days it took Phileas Fogg to circumnavigate the world (6)
SIRFRANCISDRAKEThe first Englishman to circumnavigate the world
SNAILOne is slow to circumnavigate the North Pole! (5)