AGE OF EXPLORATION

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Across
  1. 2. a jorunney or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research or war
  2. 5. a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination
  3. 6. a group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland
  4. 8. the science of getting ships, aircraft or spacecraft from place to place
  5. 9. period during which european ships traveled around the world to search for new trading routes
  6. 10. first ruler of puerto rico and discover of florida
  7. 11. the first european to spot the pacific ocean and to have founded a stable city on continental new world plots
  8. 14. known for being one of the first europeans to arrive on the northeast coast of south america
  9. 15. logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo
  10. 17. a proces by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components
  11. 18. the one who wins a country in war, subdues a people or overcomes an adversary
  12. 19. earth western hemisphere
Down
  1. 1. was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies
  2. 3. commander of the first ships that sail from europe to india
  3. 4. genoese merchant, navigator and explorer, he was one of the first europeans to research the mainland of north america
  4. 7. Italian explorer and colonizer who discover the new world
  5. 9. Florentine merchant, explorer and cosmographer whose name represents a continent
  6. 12. term used to refer to asia, africa and europe regarded collectively as the part of the world known to its population
  7. 13. led the expedition that began the conquest of mexico
  8. 16. a vessel larger than a boat for transporting people or goods by sea