| BALBOA | Vasco Nunez de ---, Spanish explorer and the first European to reach the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean in 1513 (6) |
| SPEKE | John ___, British explorer and the first European to reach Lake Victoria (5) |
| CATHAY | Hong Kong's airline, set up as a passenger and cargo service with just two DC-3s in 1946, ... Pacifi |
| KNUDRASMUSSEN | Explorer, the "father of Eskimology" and the first European to cross the Northwest Passage by dog sled |
| LEIFERICSSON | First European to reach the shores of America |
| HERNANDO | Spanish explorer and conquistador who in 1541 became the first European to cross the Mississippi River (8) |
| DESOTO | Spanish explorer and conquistador who in 1541 became the first European to cross the Mississippi River (2,4) |
| DORA | "___ the Explorer" and the cartoon cousin of 50- |
| VASCO | ___ Nunez de Balboa, Isthmus of Panama explorer |
| EINGEV | Holiday resort and kibbutz on the eastern shore of The Sea of Galillee (3,3) |
| ILLYRIA | An ancient region of uncertain boundaries on the Eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea (7) |
| LEVANT | Name formerly given to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea from W. Greece to Egypt (6) |
| LEBANON | Country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea (7) |
| SPLIT | Croatian city on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea (5) |
| LATVIA | Country on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea (6) |
| MOAB | Biblical kingdom along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea (4) |
| DAGAMA | Vasco .. ...., Portuguese explorer, the first European to reach India by sea (2,4) |
| LEIFERIKSON | Norse explorer and likely the first European to reach North America. (4,7) |
| LUINO | Small Italian town near the border with Switzerland on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore (5) |
| OTTERFERRY | Settlement in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne |
