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Famous Discoveries and Adventures Leaf Cards - 1961
No. Title 1 Meeting of Stanley and Livingstone 2 First Moon Rocket 3 Marco Polo (1254-1324) 4 Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 5 Conquest of Everest 6 Sir Francis Drake 7 Captain Scott (1868-1912) 8 First to the North Pole 9 Douglas Mawson 10 Across the South Australian Desert 11 Burke and Wills 12 Discovery of the Pacific 13 Discovery of North America 14 Lhasa, the "Forbidden City." 15 The Vikings 16 Migration to Oceania 17 Discovery of the West Indies 18 Search for a Southern Continent 19 The "Golden Hind" in the Straits of Magellan 20 Abel Tasman (1603-59) 21 Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) 22 Discovery of the Victoria Falls 23 Magellan (1470-1521) 24 First Circumnavigation of the World 25 The Maoris Land in New Zealand 26 First European to Sight Japan 27 Henry The Navigator 28 Juan Fernandez 29 Naming of the Americas 30 Francisco Pizzaro (1478-1541) 31 Naming of the River Amazon 32 Opening of Trade with Russia 33 First European in Australia 34 Discovery of Bering Straits 35 Exploration of Canada 36 Mungo Park (1771-1806) 37 4,000 Miles to the Pacific 38 Evolution of Life 39 Conquest of the North-East Passage 40 First Attempt to Reach North Pole by Air 41 Arctic Weather Bases 42 First Solo Crossing by Air of the Atlantic 43 Exploration of the Ocean 44 The Great Hole of the Kalahari Desert 45 The Mariner's Compass 46 Discovery of the Universe 47 Exploration of the Universe 48 Einstein 49 First Atlantic Crossing by Aeroplane 50 Survey of the Moon Searchwords: jahoc, yr1962, mfrLeaf, catHistory©2013 Jeff Allender. Comments, updates, & corrections are welcomed!