Age of Discovery Matrix

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Across
  1. 3. This instrument allowed sailors to calculate latitude
  2. 5. Portuguese explorer who found a direct sea route to India
  3. 9. This instrument replaced an older tool because it could determine longitude as well as latitude
  4. 12. The name of Columbus' second ship
  5. 13. The name of Columbus' first ship
  6. 15. Royal who founded a navigation school in 1419
  7. 18. Italian sea captain sailing for Spain who thought he had reached the East Indies in 1492
  8. 19. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Down
  1. 1. This allowed ships to explore close to shore
  2. 2. Spanish conquistador who claimed Florida for Spain
  3. 3. Triangular sails allowed ships to travel this way
  4. 4. This instrument allowed sailors to track direction
  5. 6. Portuguese explorer whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe
  6. 7. Portuguese explorer who discovered South America was a new world, not part of Asia
  7. 8. Main reasons for European exploration
  8. 10. Type of new ship that could cross 3,000 miles of ocean and return home
  9. 11. Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa
  10. 14. This instrument allowed sailors to determine from which direction the wind was blowing
  11. 15. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas
  12. 16. Portuguese explorer who claimed Brazil for Spain
  13. 17. The name of Columbus' third ship