Children’s Encyclopaedia
Famous explorers
Christopher Columbus
Zheng He
•Christopher Columbus is a famous explorer.
•Zheng He is a famous
•He was from Italy.
explorer too.
•He was the oldest of five children.
•He wasn’t from Europe,
•They weren’t rich.
he was from China.
•He was the first European to explore America.
•He was the first explorer to use a compass.
Sir Francis Drake
•Sir Francis Drake was a famous English
explorer, but he was also a writer.
•The compass was invented in China.
Francisco Pizarro
•Francisco Pizarro is a famous Spanish explorer.
•He was from Devon in England.
•He was an explorer in South America and
•He was the youngest of five children.
Central America.
•They were rich.
•He was from Trujillo in Spain.
•He was an explorer in America and South
•There’s a famous building in Trujillo. It was built
America.
by Francisco Pizarro’s family.