| DAGAMA | Vasco _ _, Portuguese explorer and 1st European to reach India by sea (2,4) |
| DESOTO | Hernando ___, conquistador and first European to cross the Mississippi (2,4) |
| GAMA | Vasco da _ _ _ _: Portuguese sailor who came to India? |
| SEVEBALLESTEROS | He became the 1st European Masters champ in 1980 |
| PONCE | ___ de Le-n; 1st European in Florida |
| VASCODAGAMA | Portuguese explorer who was the first European to reach India by sea (5,2,4) |
| BALBOA | Vasco Nunez de ---, Spanish explorer and the first European to reach the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean in 1513 (6) |
| TASMAN | Abel___ (1603 - 59), Dutch explorer, the first European to reach New Zealand (6) |
| BRAZIL | Pedro Alvares Cabral was the first European to reach it. |
| ESSENE | Member of a monastic Jewish sect of the 2nd and 1st centuries BC (6) |
| EOLIAN | Travelling alone around India, by air in other words (6) |
| SPEKE | John ___, British explorer and the first European to reach Lake Victoria (5) |
| LEIFERIKSON | Norse explorer and likely the first European to reach North America. (4,7) |
| GOSSE | Who was the first European to reach Uluru and name it Ayers Rock? (5) |
| CLOSESEASON | Inactive period concludes each 1st of September, 1st of October and 1st of November (5,6) |
| JOHNHANNINGSPEKE | British Indian Army officer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (4,7,5) |
| ABELTASMAN | 17th-century Dutch navigator; the first European to reach New Zealand (4,6) |
| LEIFERICSSON | First European to reach the shores of America |
| NAVIGATOR | Henry The ____, Portuguese explorer born in 1394 who voyaged along Africa's west coast (9) |
| EMBARGO | Legal stoppage of commerce, such as the one imposed upon India by the US and Japan in 1998 |
