Across
- 4. Portuguese navigator, seeking a western route to Asia. One of his ships returned to Spain (1522), completing the first circumnavigation of the globe
- 6. a member of the indigenous or earliest known population of a region; a native
- 8. the largest island
- 10. a mountain system of south-central Asia
- 13. the oldest surviving was wrought by Martin Behaim in 1492
- 17. people who believed that Earth was placed on a giant Turtle
- 18. a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages
- 19. continent discovered in 1492
- 20. an English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
Down
- 1. in cartography and topography, a list of conventional symbols and notes to a map explaining its content
- 2. English navigator and buccaneer, the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577--80).He commanded a fleet against the Spanish Armada (1588) and contributed greatly to its defeat
- 3. Marco Polo travelled to this country
- 5. the variations in elevation of an area of the earth's surface
- 7. the cardinal point on the mariner's compass 90° clockwise from due north and directly opposite west
- 9. the world's first national park
- 11. the northernmost point on the earth's axis, at a latitude of 90, N
- 12. a map that shows the location of countries and the area they occupy
- 14. Dutch navigator, who discovered New Zealand, and the Tonga and Fiji Islands(1642-1643)
- 15. the largest ocean
- 16. a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
- 21. a star that provides heat and light to Earth