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26 Explorers of the past 27 Family spread

Read about these world famous explorers and choose the correct Alok Mehta was married to Kalpana in 1978. Today they have a big

letter from the clue box to name them. family. This is the family tree of the Mehtas.

1. A famous Italian 2. A Portuguese Study the family tree and fill in the blanks below with the correct
explorer who discovered explorer, he was the relationships.

the ‘New World’ of the first European to reach
Americas on a voyage India by sea, linking
sponsored by King Europe and Asia for the

Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. first time by ocean route.
Alok Mehta (father) Kalpana Mehta (mother)

3. He was
a Portuguese a. Roald Amundsen 4. He led
explorer b. Christopher a team of

and the first Columbus explorers Divya (daughter-in-law) Pritam (son) Priya (daughter) Sumit (son-in-law)
man to sail c. Ferdinand Magellan to the

around the Earth. He Antarctic
also gave the Pacific d. Marco Polo and thereby
Ocean its name which e. Neil Armstrong discovered the

means the calm and f. Vasco Da Gama South Pole Ayan (son) Ayushi (daughter) Somya (daughter)
peaceful ocean. in 1911.
1. Pritam and Divya are married to each other.

Kalpana is Divya’s . granddaughter
5. In 1969, he became 6. Explored Asia and 2. Priya is Pritam’s and Divya’s mother-in-law

the first man to walk on was the first European . niece
the Moon. The whole to meet Kublai Khan. 3. Sumit is Alok and Kalpana’s . sister-in-law
world heard the words During his voyage, the sister

him, “That is a small route taken by him, his 4. Ayushi is Alok’s . brother
step for man, one giant leap for father and uncle became known 5. Ayan is Somya’s . grandmother

mankind.” as the Silk Road. 6. Kalpana is Somya’s . son-in-law

7. Sumit is Pritam’s . nephew
Info-bites father-in-law

Columbus landed in America by accident. He was in search of a sea route 8. Somya is Pritam’s .
from Europe to Asia. In 1492 when he landed in America, he believed he had 9. Ayan is Priya’s . brother-in-law
reached Asia!
10. Alok is Sumit’s .
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