colonial gazette
Across
- 3. – Terrestrial route (often a bridle path) that connected trade centers.
- 5. – Bodies of water that had to be crossed using bridges.
- 6. – Material of the new bridge that the inhabitants celebrate today.
- 8. – Metal piece (usually silver or gold) used to facilitate colonial market transactions.
- 10. – Direct exchange of goods that persisted in local colonial markets.
- 11. – Essential pack animal for transporting goods along colonial roads.
- 12. – Geographical region of New Granada where key commercial bridges were built.
- 14. – Civil engineering structure over rivers that inhabitants celebrate for improving connectivity.
- 15. – Colonial institution in charge of controlling and taxing trade goods.
- 19. (10)
Down
- 1. – Type of light and fast vessel used by the Spanish, like La Niña.
- 2. – Sea raider who haunted colonial merchant ships in the Caribbean.
- 4. – One of the caravels that accompanied La Niña on Columbus's first voyage.
- 6. – Public colonial space where food and supplies were bought and sold.
- 7. (10)
- 8. – Historical era of New Granada characterized by Spanish Crown rule.
- 9. – Name of the famous Columbus caravel that reportedly sank.
- 13. – The highest political and military authority in the New Granada territory.
- 15. – Name of the historic colonial bridge built over the Bogotá River.
- 16. – European metropolis that exclusively controlled trade in New Granada.
- 17. – The tragic event of a vessel sinking at sea or in a river.
- 18. – The main precious metal extracted from New Granada that drove colonial trade.