Age of Exploration Key People

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Across
  1. 3. Italian explorer who discovered “The New World”
  2. 5. Portuguese explorer known as “The Navigator” for his school
  3. 8. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico
  4. 10. Spanish conquistador that conquered the Inca in South America
  5. 11. Italian sailor who claimed Canada for England
  6. 12. Portuguese explorer who found the strait at the tip of South America
  7. 13. Helps grow Portugal’s wealth reaching India and trading spices
Down
  1. 1. Created a flat plane map with lines of latitude and longitude
  2. 2. English explorer sailing for the Dutch who had a bay named after him
  3. 4. Italian sailor who claimed parts of the Americas for France
  4. 6. First Portuguese explorer to reach Brazil and establish treaties there
  5. 7. English sailor known as a sea dog who raided Spanish ports
  6. 9. First Portuguese explorer to sail around the tip of South Africa
  7. 10. Author of the “Guide to Geography” and created maps