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Beach Park School
1. Our explorer had two detailed accounts of his adventures published.
2. He was the first to report back to his native country about new species of animals such as the opossum and armadillo.
3. Our explorer started his adventures as treasurer of an expedition
4. Our explorer was captured by an indian group and made a slave.
5. Our explorer explored both North and South America.
6. His explorations encouraged expeditions to America by Hernando deSoto and Francisco deCoronado.
7. Our explorer traveled with one of the first African explorers.
8. Our explorer was once the governor of Paraguay.
9. He gained his reputation
as a healer among many inidan tribes he visited, and is said to have performed
the first recorded surgery in the United States.
C.W. Otto
Barbara Jackson
1. He was orphaned at an early age and he went to sea as a cabin boy at the age of 13, on a ship bound for China.
2. He was at times, a blacksmith, a carpenter, a cook, a barber, a tailor, an interpreter, and a dog trainer.
3. He helped chart the jungles of Nicaragua.
4. Over a 4 year period he sailed to China, Japan, Manila, North Africa, France, and through the Black Sea to Southern Russia.
5. The ship
was visited by President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on Long Island Sound.
6. Many of his meals were pemmican, biscuits, and tea, and many members of the expedition died of piblokto.
7. In 1895 they brought ""The Woman"", and ""The Dog"", to the United States. ""The Tent"", which weighed at least 35 tons, was retrieved in 1897, and now reposes in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
8. He wrote his autobiography in 1911 and later earned a master's degree from Howard University.
9. His honors include
a personal salute by President Harry S. Truman, the Congressional Medal
of Honor, and a reception at the White House by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery."
IES Parc de l'Escorxador
Kingsbury School
1. He served in the Russian Navy.
2. He was forced to stay on an island because of fog.
3. He later died on the island.
4. He made two trips to Siberia.
5. He was a danish navigator.
6. He was chozen to lead an expidition seeking a sea route around
Siberia to China.
7. Explored southern coast of Alaska.
8. Explored northern coast of Russia.
9. Proved that America
and Asia are seperated by water.
Maple Ridge Elementary
Michael Meharg mmeharg@northland.lib.mi.us
1. Born in France
2. Pioneered the role of interpreter
3. Emigrated to America at age of 18
4. Lived with Algonquin Indians for a year
5. Spent most of his life living with the Huron Indians
6. Spent many years roaming the Great Lakes area
7. At age of 41 was murdered and eaten by his adoptive tribe
8. First European to see Lake Ontario
9. Found ancient copper mines
by the shore of Lake Superior
Ocean Grove Elementary
1. He was born in England.
2. He was a cabin boy for a time.
3. He reached a big wide river that was the colour of blood.
4. He travelled to the land of the Assiniboine people.
5. He lived with the Cree people for awhile.
6. He was the first European to see a Canadian buffalo.
7. He travelled to the interior of a great continent.
8. He was a fur trader.
9. He became an official in
the Hudson Bay Company.
Patrick Therriault School
cmarshall@therriault.eut.k12.me.us
1. Born in Rouen, France.
2. Was assassinated by mutineers.
3. Discovered the mouth of the Mississippi.
4. Displayed an interest in math and natural science as a youngster.
5. Went to Canada, but explored the Great Lakes.
6. Was appointed the title of nobility by King Louis XIV.
7. Received his education in Jesuit schools and planned on becoming a priest.
8. Was perhaps the first to come upon the Niagara Falls.
9. His ship, Belle, was wrecked
in a storm.
Saddle Rock Elementary School-Ethan
1.He was born in France.
2.A body of water was named after him.
3.He sailed with a French crew to North America to trade furs with the American Indians
4.Jean Dwal was the leader of a group that wanted to hang this explorer.
5.His nickname is the "Father of New France".
6.It was not until his third trip that he discovered land that would later be called New York.
7.He was the only European to write about Niagara Falls.
8.He helped set up the new French colony called "New France".
9.He explored the St. Lawrence
River for the king of France and also explored the shores of Lake Ontario.
Saddle Rock Elementary School-Pat
Shawsville Elementary School
1. Our explorer explored the arctic.
2. Our explorer tried to get to the North Pole five times.
3. Our explorer faced death many times.
4. Our explorer started out as a cabin boy.
5. Our explorer learned how to drive a sled dog team.
6. Our explorer worked at a museum after their explorations.
7. Our explorer wrote a book about their explorations.
8. Our explorer was known all over Europe.
9. Our explorer was
an expert on the arctic.
Williams Elementary
Shannon Sellstrom sellstro@tenet.edu
1. In 1492, this explorer sailed the ocean blue.
2. This explorer was the first European to reach the Western hemisphere.
3. This explorer made a mistake by discovering new land.
4. This explorer's first father-in-law was the first governer of Porto Santo.
5. Two of this explorer's ships, the Pinta and Nina, were caravel ships.
6. This explorer mistook natives of the West Indies for Indians.
7. We celebrate a holiday for this explorer's first voyage to America.
8. The U.S.A.'s capitol is named after this explorer.
9. This Explorer made four
voyages from Europe that were meant to end in India.
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