Round 12: Tossup 10

An English king with this name welcomed the scholar Polydore Vergil at his court. A king with this name granted letters patent to John Cabot for his expedition to (10[1])America. (-5[1])A prince (-5[1])with this name was later said to have founded the School of Sagres (“SAG-rish”), and directed the development of the caravel. An English explorer (10[1])with this first name (10[3])sailed on the Discovery (10[1])and reached the large saltwater bay in Canada that now bears his last (-5[1])name. (10[1])A prince with this name sponsored early Portuguese (-5[1])exploration of Africa’s Atlantic coast, for which he (-5[1])was later called “the Navigator.” For 10 points, what was the name of England’s first two Tudor kings and an explorer surnamed Hudson? ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

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