(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Names of the three ships Columbus took on his first voyage.
A Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth.
Which navigational tool, originally developed by the Greeks and refined by Islamic scholars, allowed sailors to determine their latitude by measuring the position of the stars?
Which invention by Johannes Gutenberg allowed maps and explorers' reports to be quickly replicated and distributed, sparking even more interest in exploration?
A Spanish explorer and conquistador who journeyed through the thick jungles of Panama to be the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
A Portuguese nobleman and explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa (the Cape of Good Hope) in 1488.
An Italian explorer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, to the Puerto Rico, Jamaica, & Trinidad
An Italian navigator and explorer who, under the commission of Henry VII of England, was the first European to discover Newfoundland, Canada 500 years after the Vikings did.
What was the name of the light, fast, and highly maneuverable sailing ship developed by the Portuguese that could sail against the wind?
Name of Renaissance mapmakers.
A Norse, Viking explorer from Iceland who was the first known European to have set foot on continental North America (Vinland). He was son of Erik the Red.
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Names of the Spanish royals who funded Columbus's voyages.
Famous adventurer who traveled to the Far East bringing back silk & spices. You may play a game with his name in the pool.
A Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea, connecting the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
An Italian explorer who first wrote about the theory that the "New World" was not Asia, but a separate continent, eventually bearing his name.