About Oversea Exploration

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Across
  1. 2. East India Company a group of wealthy Dutch merchants that had full sovereign powers
  2. 3. A “pure” dynasty set up by Manchus
  3. 6. Island along the coast of India
  4. 7. ruler who reigned China’s borders from 1736 to 1796
  5. 11. Town the first European settlement in Africa
  6. 12. de Albuquerque expanded Portugues in influence across the Indian ocean
  7. 15. da Gama Portuguese navigator who lead four ships around the Cape of Good Hope
  8. 16. An Italian navigator who planned to reach East Indies but reach the Americas instead
  9. 20. Created maps and sea charts
  10. 23. of Magellan Passage at the southern tip of South America
  11. 24. distant areas controlled around the indian ocean
  12. 25. River Major and longest river in the continent of Africa
Down
  1. 1. Magellan led the first expedition to successfully travel the globe
  2. 4. Island chain in present-day India, nick-named the ‘spice islands’
  3. 5. Ricci did an impression on Ming China and adopted their language and clothing
  4. 8. Macartney Brought samples of British-made goods to show the advantages of trading with them to the Chinese
  5. 9. of Tordesillas A settlement of claims between Spain and Portugal
  6. 10. of Demarcation Divided the non-European world into two zones
  7. 13. Port in the East Indies
  8. 14. East India Company had this kind of power
  9. 17. Empire Muslim ruled area across India
  10. 18. ruled a region in northeast Manchuria
  11. 19. Dutch farmers that settled in Cape Town
  12. 21. Indian troops
  13. 22. The country that denied funding Christopher Columbus in his exploration to the East Indies