Across
- 5. a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery, and the first person to sail directly from Europe to India.
- 7. to sail all the way around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon).
- 8. someone who travels to places where no one has ever been in order to find out what is there.
- 9. was an Italian explorer who stumbled upon the Americas and whose journeys marked the beginning of centuries of transatlantic colonization.
- 10. led the first expedition to sail all the way around the world. He also discovered a passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Down
- 1. a Dutch navigator who discovered Tasmania and New Zealand's South Island and charted the northwest Australian coastline.
- 2. a 15th-century Portuguese navigator. He was the first European to reach the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of Africa.
- 3. the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that is found.
- 4. the member of the crew who is the most knowledgeable about the world as it is crucial for the determination of course and direction when traveling.
- 6. an organized journey or voyage for a specific purpose, especially for exploration or for a scientific or military purpose.