Age of European Exploration

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Across
  1. 5. First European explorer to navigate the St. Lawrence river
  2. 7. The spice islands
  3. 9. First to circumnavigate the globe
  4. 14. Italian explorer credited with discovering the "New World"
  5. 15. The term "America" is derived from this explorers name
  6. 16. A Spanish explorer
Down
  1. 1. The first governor of Puerto Rico and credited with searching for the Fountain of Youth (a myth)
  2. 2. The "Father of New France"
  3. 3. Divided newly discovered land between the Portuguese and Spanish Empire
  4. 4. God Gold and...
  5. 6. The first navigator to round the southern tip of Africa
  6. 8. Exchange of resources, disease, culture, etc.
  7. 10. This explorer is best known for his discovery of two bodies of water. One in present-day New York, the other in present-day Canada
  8. 11. Portuguese explorer and the first to reach India by sea
  9. 12. This explorer is credited with discovering Newfoundland
  10. 13. The second explorer to circumnavigate the globe. Also a pirate!