Renaissance Explorers

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Across
  1. 4. City that fell to the Turks in 1453, closing access to the Silk Road
  2. 6. Controversial American holiday celebrated in October
  3. 8. A light or fire placed in a high position
  4. 11. Medieval maps placed this at the centre of the known world
  5. 13. First European to sail to India around Africa
  6. 14. Country where Magellan was killed
Down
  1. 1. Tool used to find the degree between the horizon and the sun
  2. 2. Word used to describe Magellan's travels around the world
  3. 3. Spanish explorer that defeated Montezuma
  4. 5. French explorer who was the first European to visit Hochelaga (Montreal today)
  5. 6. Portuguese vessels used for long voyages
  6. 7. Columbus' ship along with the Nina and Pinta
  7. 9. Chinese explorer who travelled throughout the Indian Ocean
  8. 10. Disease brought by the explorers that killed thousands of Indigenous people
  9. 12. Explorer who wrote a book about the Silk Road