| DIAS | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500). |
| VASCODAGAMA | In 1497, who led the first European expedition round the Cape of Good Hope? (5,2,4) |
| INTHEFIRSTFLUSH | Youthful hope thus to clear toilet bowl! (2,3,5,5) |
| ENROBE | Brought round European to get formally dressed (6) |
| BANTU | Group of African languages that includes most of the principal languages spoken from the equator to the Cape of Good Hope |
| GAMA | Vasco da ___, Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope |
| LIVINGSTONE | British explorer who, in 1855, we presume, was the first European to see Victoria Falls in southern Africa (11) |
| MAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer who led and organised part of the expedition that resulted in the first circumnavigation of Earth before he was killed in a skirmish (8) |
| DAGAMA | Portuguese explorer who was the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India (5,2,4) |
| VASCO | Navigator who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (5,2,4) |
| DEGAMA | Navigator who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (5,2,4) |
| HOPE | Headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, the Cape of Good _ (4) |
| FLYINGDUTCHMAN | Ghostly ship said to sail the seas around the Cape of Good Hope (6,8) |
| DESOTO | Hernando ___, Spanish explorer who in 1541 became the first European to cross the Mississippi River (2,4) |
| CAPE | Rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa named it Cabo das Tormentas by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 (4,2,4,4) |
| OFGOODHOPE | Rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa named it Cabo das Tormentas by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 (4,2,4,4) |
| CAMERON | Verney, explorer who was the first European to cross Africa from coast to coast (7) |
| CARTIER | Jacques, French explorer who was the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River, Canada (7) |
| LAKEVICTORIA | British explorer John Speke was the first European to see this body of water, in 1858 (4.8) |
| RICHARDBYRD | American explorer who in 1929 became the first person to fly over the South Pole: 2 wds. |
