Explorers Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 3. Sailed in 1497 and claimed Northern North America for England
  2. 4. Spanish conquistador who passed through the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean
  3. 8. Led the first expedition around the entire world, but died before he made it
  4. 10. first to sail across the ocean and discovered the east coast of Brazil for Portugal
  5. 11. Spanish monarchs who hired explorers to claim land for them
  6. 12. First explorer to make contact with Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii for England
  7. 13. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs in Mexico
Down
  1. 1. started the school of navigation and mapped the west coast of Africa
  2. 2. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Incas in Peru
  3. 3. Spanish explorer who landed in Florida looking for the "Fountain of Youth"
  4. 5. French explorer who Claimed Canada and found the Great Lakes
  5. 6. established water trade route with Asia around the southern tip of Africa
  6. 7. Sailed for the Netherlands and claimed the Hudson River and Bay
  7. 9. Italian-born man who explored for the Spanish and found the Americas on accident