Across
- 4. Someone who keeps the ship sailing and functioning
- 7. A Portuguese royal known for patronizing and funding voyages of discovery
- 8. A big cloth on a boat that catches the wind to push the boat across the water
- 10. Convert native peoples to a particular brand of religion
- 13. A new, faster, more maneuverable ship
- 14. Someone who is experienced at sailing, sea currents, and leadership
- 15. Tool shows directions (North, South, East, West)
- 17. His crew made first voyage around the world
- 18. Visual, symbolic representations of areas
- 20. One could find the time of night and the position of other stars
Down
- 1. A hot item that explorers were looking for
- 2. Sailed around Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa
- 3. A Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman
- 5. Found the Americas instead. Oops!
- 6. A navigation tool that measures the angular distance between a celestial body
- 9. The idea that there is only so much wealth in the world, and that to make your kingdom strong you must have more gold and wealth than the other kingdoms
- 11. Someone who can use the the equipment
- 12. someone who makes and reads maps
- 16. Someone who makes and reads maps
- 19. The idea of gaining fame for one’s actions
