Gryphon's Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 7. (2 words)Made sailing more accurate
  2. 11. (2 words)The spread and merging of different cultural elements
  3. 13. The disease that wiped out much of the Native Americans
  4. 14. (2 Words)The exchange of goods between the old and new worlds
  5. 15. Most people believed the earth was:
Down
  1. 1. (2 words)The first explorer to circumnavigate the earth
  2. 2. Led the Chinese Treasure Fleet
  3. 3. Means Enlightenment
  4. 4. To sail around the world
  5. 5. Ocean named by Magellan
  6. 6. (2 words)Who is America named after?
  7. 8. A Spanish explorer
  8. 9. New and Better ship for exploration
  9. 10. Who was the early leader of the age of exploration?
  10. 12. The special metal that the conquistadors possessed