Explorers and Rulers to the Rescue!

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Across
  1. 2. King of Spain who sent a huge Spanish Armada to invade England.
  2. 5. King of Spain that accepted all the financial matters of Christopher Columbus's voyage.
  3. 6. An English explorer the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
  4. 7. A Spanish explorer who was the first person to sail round the world.
  5. 8. A Spanish explorer who defeated the Inca and Aztec Empires and claimed Mexico for Spain.
  6. 9. The prince of Portugal who set up research centers, invited sailors, cartographers, and shipbuilders to help him explore the world.
  7. 11. An Italian navigator and explorer who instead of finding a sea route to Asia found the Americas, a whole new continent.
  8. 12. Queen of Spain who, with the King, accept the financial matters of Columbus's voyage.
  9. 13. A Portuguese explorer who sailed around Africa and to India, finally finding a sea route to Asia.
Down
  1. 1. The Protestant Queen of England who let English Privateers raid Spanish treasure ships.
  2. 3. Pizarro A Spanish explorer who sailed to Peru and defeated the Inca and Aztec Empire.
  3. 4. A Portuguese explorer who was the first person to reach the southern tip of Africa.
  4. 6. The Protestant King of England who neglected all of Catholicism.
  5. 8. A French explorer who explored and found the St.Lawrence River.
  6. 10. A Portuguese explorer who after defeating the Muslim fleet established trading posts around the world especially Asia.
  7. 11. An English explorer who found Newfoundland.