Age of Exploration Matrix

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