20: Famous explorers!

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Across
  1. 4. – Led the famous Endurance Expedition to Antarctica
  2. 6. GAMA – The first European to reach India by sea
  3. 7. GAMA – Portuguese explorer who first navigated to India by sea
  4. 9. – Missionary and explorer in Africa
  5. 13. – British captain who explored the Pacific and Australia
  6. 14. – Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
  7. 17. – Explored the Arctic, charting parts of Canada
  8. 19. – Though not an explorer, a scientist whose discoveries transformed the world
  9. 20. – English explorer who explored North America’s coast
Down
  1. 1. – Venetian explorer who traveled to China
  2. 2. – Dutch explorer who sailed to the Arctic
  3. 3. – First European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas
  4. 5. – German naturalist known for his exploration of Latin America
  5. 8. – Conquered the Inca Empire in South America
  6. 10. FRANCIS DRAKE – English explorer and pirate who circumnavigated the globe
  7. 11. – First to reach the South Pole
  8. 12. – The explorer for whom America was named
  9. 15. – Area explored by Vikings in the 10th century
  10. 16. – English explorer known for his search for the Northwest Passage
  11. 18. – Discovered the Americas in 1492