Age of Contact

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Across
  1. 3. North African slave/translator
  2. 4. sent to colonies the land of the Pueblo Indians and establish New Mexico
  3. 6. widespread outbreak of disease
  4. 8. took command after De Soto died
  5. 9. traveled through Texas in search of a way back to Spanish lands
  6. 12. believed he could reach Asia by selling west
  7. 14. conquered the Aztecs in 1519
  8. 15. Spanish explore that led expedition to Cibola from the east
Down
  1. 1. wild offspring of horses brought by the Spanish
  2. 2. Aztec emperor
  3. 5. mapped the Texas 1519
  4. 7. Spanish soldier-adventurer
  5. 9. led an expedition from the south to conquer Cibola
  6. 10. royal governor ruling the Spanish colonies
  7. 11. transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and other continents
  8. 13. expedition was shipwrecked on the coast of Texas