| WALLIS | First European to discover Tahiti |
| TASMAN | First European to discover New Zealand |
| VITUSBERING | First European to discover Alaska |
| BERING | Vitus ___, Danish navigator who was the first European to discover Alaska and its Aleutian Islands |
| CARTIER | Jacques, French explorer who was the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River, Canada (7) |
| DAGAMA | First European to sail to India |
| VASCODAGAMA | First European to journey by sea to India: 3 wds. |
| 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). |
| MACKENZIE | Alexander _, Scottish explorer; the first European to achieve an east-to-west crossing of America north of Mexico (1793) |
| BJARNI | 986 AD... Mr. Herjolfsson (Nordic merchant navigator rumoured to be the first European to sight Newfoundland, Labrador and Baffin Island) |
| CAMERON | Verney, explorer who was the first European to cross Africa from coast to coast (7) |
| MAGELLAN | Ferdinand __, the first European to sail to Asia via the Pacific (8) |
| VERRAZANO | First European to enter New York Bay |
| ABELTASMAN | First European to reach New Zealand |
| NOWITZKI | First European to win the NBA MVP |
| LEIFERICSSON | First European to reach the shores of America |
| DESOTO | First European to see the Mississippi |
| BALBOA | First European to reach the Pacific |
| FERDINANDMAGELLAN | Portuguese navigator who was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean (9,8) |
| JOHNHANNINGSPEKE | British Indian Army officer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (4,7,5) |
