Explorers and Rulers to the Rescue!

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Across
  1. 4. A Portuguese explorer who was the first person to reach the southern tip of Africa.
  2. 5. A Spanish explorer who defeated the Inca and Aztec empires and claimed Mexico for Spain.
  3. 7. The King of Spain who sent a huge Spanish Armada to invade England.
  4. 10. The King of Spain who accepted all the financial matters of Christopher Columbus's voyage.
  5. 12. A Spanish explorer who was the first person to sail around the world.
  6. 13. The Protestant King of England who neglected all of Catholicism.
  7. 16. A Portuguese explorer who sailed around Africa and to India, finally finding a sea route to Asia.
Down
  1. 1. An Italian navigator and explorer who instead of finding a sea route to Asia found the Americas, a whole new continent.
  2. 2. An English explorer who explored both the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
  3. 3. A French explorer who explored and found the St.Lawrence River.
  4. 6. The Protestant Queen of England who let English privateers raid Spanish treasure ships.
  5. 8. The Prince of Portugal who set up research centers and invited sailors, cartographers, and shipbuilders to help him explore the world.
  6. 9. A Spanish explorer who sailed to Peru and defeated the Inca and Aztec Empires.
  7. 11. A Portuguese explorer who after defeating the Muslim fleet, established trading posts around the world especially Asia.
  8. 14. The Queen of Spain who, with the King, accepted all the financial matters of Christopher Columbus's voyage.
  9. 15. An English explorer who found Newfoundland.