Explorers and Rulers to the Rescue!

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