Great geographical discoveries

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Across
  1. 4. an ocean
  2. 6. Marco Polo travelled to this country
  3. 8. a large boat or a ship
  4. 10. the ancient Egyptian sun god, the supreme deity
  5. 11. an island in the northern Atlantic Ocean off northeast Canada. It is the largest island in the world and lies mostly within the Arctic Circle
  6. 12. a medieval instrument that was once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies
Down
  1. 1. an Italian navigator and explorer in the service of Spain, who discovered the New World
  2. 2. a Portuguese navigator, seeking a western route to Asia; one of his ships returned to Spain (1522), completing the first circumnavigation of the globe
  3. 3. one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western Europe from the 8 through 10 century
  4. 5. a long piece of land that sticks out from a larger area of land into the sea or into a lake
  5. 7. the largest of the continents
  6. 9. a peak in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world