Exploration Crossword

3. what explorers called the americas.
4. who sponsored spanish fleets that sailed west?
6. explorer who helped establish the first stable settlement in south america.
8. who was the first to sail around the world (but died before he finished)
9. explorer who sailed to the carribean.
12. explorer who sailed around africa to get to india.
13. chinese invention that used the earth magnetic fields to determine the cardinal directions.
14. asian explorer who opened up trade routes to asia.
15. the largest continent on earth.

1. columbus asked many rulers to spinsor him, who eventually did?
2. a tool from the renaissance that allowed sailors to determin latitude by looking at the stars.
5. explorer who conquered the incas and executed their leader.
7. explorer who had a continent named after him.
10. who sailed to the southern tip of africa?
11. what explorers called their homeland.