Across
- 3. Giovanni Da Verrazzano is known for this famous structure in New York
- 5. received all the glory for discovering the Americas
- 7. Vasco da Gama was in search of a sea route to this country
- 8. Europeans wanted to trade Asia for this
- 10. Bartholomeu Dias was the first to sail around the southern tip of this continent
- 11. Christopher Columbus was hired King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from this country
- 14. Hernan Cortes took over this empire
- 15. explorers used this at sea using the sun and stars
- 16. John Cabot claimed Canada for what country?
- 17. This explorer created a settlement on the St. Lawrence River
- 18. Leif Ericsson was this type of explorer
Down
- 1. Ponce de Leon named this southmost state in the US today
- 2. religion that Europeans wanted to spread
- 4. This explorer has 3 bodies of water named after him and led many Dutch settlers to New York
- 6. Francisco Pizarro helped to discover this ocean
- 9. A cartographer is known for making these
- 12. This passage was an all-water route to North America
- 13. explorer known for sailing around the world