Crossword 3

3. the cardinal point on the mariner's compass 90° clockwise from due north and directly opposite west.
8. the world's first national park
10. pole he northernmost point on the earth's axis, at a latitude of 90? N
11. a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages
12. a star that provides heat and light to Earth
13. in cartography and topography, a list of conventional symbols and notes to a map explaining its content.
17. commanded a fleet against the Spanish Armada (1588) and contributed greatly to its defeat
18. map a map that shows the location of countries and the area they occupy
19. Drake English navigator and buccaneer, the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577--80).
20. continent discovered in 1492
22. Portuguese navigator. seeking a western route to Asia.
23. Cook English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

1. of his ships returned to Spain (1522), completing the first circumnavigation of the globe.
2. the largest island
4. a member of the indigenous or earliest known population of a region; a native.
5. Dutch navigator, who discovered New Zealand, and the Tonga and Fiji Islands(1642--43)
6. between Europe and Asia
7. globe the oldest surviving was wrought by Martin Behaim in 1492.
9. a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional
14. believed that Earth was placed on a giant Turtle
15. a mountain system of south-central Asia
16. Marco Polo travelled to this country
18. the largest ocean
21. the variations in elevation of an area of the earth's surface.