Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 3. leader of first exploration to circumnavigate the world
  2. 4. A prince of Portugal who sent out fleets in 1520 to search Africa's west coast, where they found gold, and named it the Gold Coast.
  3. 6. sailed the ocean blue in 1492
  4. 7. Spanish explored for who America is named after
  5. 11. To sail around the world
  6. 12. founder of Quebec
  7. 14. The first Portuguese seas captain to reach the southern tip of Africa
  8. 15. Norse explorer who landed in North America
Down
  1. 1. back of the ship
  2. 2. First European country to establish colonies in the new world
  3. 5. continent from which most explorers came
  4. 8. map maker
  5. 9. A European country that began the Age of Exploration.
  6. 10. English navigator who explored New York
  7. 12. fast, small, sailing ship
  8. 13. front of the ship