Across
- 4. Spanish explorer; first European in America to see the Pacific Ocean in 1513
- 7. Italian navigator; sponsored by Spanish monarchs to sail west across the Atlantic; explored what became the
- 10. Lands controlled by another nation-state
- 12. Frenchman best known for exploring the St. Lawrence River and giving Canada its name
- 14. Rounded the southern tip of Africa & opened its eastern shores to Portuguese traders in 1488
- 17. mapmaker
- 18. 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal officially agreed to split the new world in half
- 19. Spanish conquistador who conquered the vast Aztec empire in central America
- 20. Portuguese nobleman; his crew were first to circumnavigate the globe in 1522
Down
- 1. Spanish explorers that established colonies and looked for gold
- 2. An instrument used for determining positions and movements of heavenly bodies
- 3. Sail around the world
- 5. Son of Portugal's king; established navigation school on coast of Portugal
- 6. Englishman known for circumnavigating the globe and helped defeat the Spanish Armada
- 8. King of Spain who authorized Columbus's expedition to look for trade routes in the Far East
- 9. Spanish explorer who Conquered Peru and the Incas in 1532
- 11. Ship that could sail into the wind and close to the shore
- 13. Venetian who in 1497 was the first European explorer of coastal North America
- 15. Line drawn by the pope dividing the non-European world into 2 zones split between Spain & Portugal
- 16. Wrote "The Travels" describing Asia, specifically China and its riches, inspiring exploration