European Exploration

3. Called "the Navigator"; Portuguese aristocrat who wanted to find a water route around Africa for trade with the East and developed a ship style called the caravel
4. People native to the U.S. before the arrival of Europeans
5. Oldest surviving city on the mainland of the U.S. settled by the Spanish
6. Portuguese explorer; named the Pacific Ocean; expedition first to sail around the world, although he was killed en route
10. Pilot of the Portuguese fleet that landed in S. America; wrote about his journeys; who this country is named after
13. An Italian who sailed to the Americas on Spanish ships, the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria trying to find a sea route to Asia
14. The first successful colony established in the New World by the British
16. French Protestants of the 16th and 17th centuries who quarreled with the Spanish

1. The person who funded Columbus' sea explorations
2. English seaman; first Englishman to circumnavigate the world
3. Spanish explorer who named Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth
7. "the Lucky" Son of Eric the Red; first known European to sail west and land in North America
8. Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico for Spain in 1519
9. Great fleet of military ships from Spain
11. Considered the greatest seaman of his time; favorite of Queen Elizabeth I
12. A looked-for water route through North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific
15. A Venetian captain who first planted a flag for the English on North American soil