Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 3. his crew circumnavigated Earth
  2. 7. Caribbean Islands claimed by Columbus
  3. 8. City in southern India
  4. 11. first European explorer to reach Caribbean Sea
  5. 12. controlled trade between Asia and Europe
  6. 14. Inca tool for keeping records
  7. 15. sponsored Columbus
  8. 16. Italian city-state
Down
  1. 1. valuable spice from India
  2. 2. old world disease
  3. 3. used to show direction
  4. 4. sailed to the Cape of Good Hope
  5. 5. Aztec floating garden
  6. 6. Inca capital city
  7. 9. Aztec capital city
  8. 10. sponsored successful explorations to India
  9. 13. founder of school for maritime navigation