Exploration & Colonization

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Across
  1. 3. An English explorer, not related to the cheese.
  2. 6. He led an expedition to circumnavigate Earth.
  3. 8. English sailor who was the second to circumnavigate Earth.
  4. 10. America is named after this Italian explorer.
  5. 11. The civilization conquered by Fransisco Pizarro.
  6. 12. Vasco da Gama found an all-sea route from Europe to this place.
  7. 15. A famous Chinese explorer from the Ming Dynasty.
  8. 17. His travels in Asia inspired many Europeans to explore.
  9. 18. He established the Roanoke colony in North Carolina.
  10. 19. He was the first European to reach the southern tip of Africa.
  11. 20. Juan Ponce de Leon searched for the Fountain of Youth in this modern state.
Down
  1. 1. An English colony named for Elizabeth I.
  2. 2. Prince Henry the Navigator's country.
  3. 4. He sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
  4. 5. A modern day country in South America colonized by Portugal.
  5. 6. A modern day country in North America colonized by Spain.
  6. 7. He has a Bay and a River named for him.
  7. 9. Historians think he's the first European to see America.
  8. 13. The civilization conquered by Hernan Cortes.
  9. 14. Head to Vermont to see a lake named for this explorer.
  10. 16. France's colony in North America named for a King.