Across
- 2. art and science of making maps
- 6. measured latitude to create fixed position
- 7. tool that allowed explorers to measure their position using the sun
- 8. viking sailor said to have first discovered North America
- 9. First person to circumnavigate the world
- 10. only made it as far as southern tip of Africa on his journey
- 11. uses magnetic fields to show direction
Down
- 1. failed to find northern passage to India, names numerous bodies of water after himself in North America
- 2. rediscovered the Americas while trying to find route to India
- 3. created a school of navigation in Portugal
- 4. sailing ship that gave explorers many uses
- 5. found first trading route to India