Great Explorers

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Across
  1. 5. A Portuguese navigator who made the first circumnavigation
  2. 6. An Ancient Greek scientist who made the first geographical chart
  3. 9. The first great Russian merchant to travel to India
  4. 10. The name of an Italian explorer who discovered America
  5. 11. One of the first Russian navigators to open Antarctica
  6. 13. A Russian traveller who explored Asia
  7. 14. A scientist who travelled around Asian countries for 24 years
Down
  1. 1. A Russian explorer who discovered the strait between Asia and America, later it was named after this discoverer
  2. 2. A Scottish traveller who discovered the Victoria Fall
  3. 3. This man headed the first Russian circumnavigation
  4. 4. A Russian navigator, one of two to discover Antarctica in 1820
  5. 7. A Norwegian explorer who was the first to reach the South Pole
  6. 8. A Portuguese navigator who discovered the Cape of Good Hope and rounded Africa
  7. 12. The name of a Portuguese navigator who was the first to round Africa and reach India