Across
- 2. Money collected by governments for using something.
- 5. A country in Europe where Dutch is spoken.
- 8. An explosive substance in the form of gunpowder.
- 10. Long journeys.
- 12. A Portuguese explorer who landed in Mossel Bay in 1488.
- 13. Gain money by selling something for more than it was bought.
- 17. Acronym for Dutch East India Company.
- 18. Acronym for Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie.
- 20. A time when important changes start.
- 21. A group of people that are indigenous to Mossel Bay.
- 22. A weapon that is stronger and bigger than a bow and arrow.
- 23. Change.
Down
- 1. Travel to unknown places.
- 3. The science that studies the planets and the stars.
- 4. The disease sailors got from lack of vitamin C.
- 6. A Portuguese explorer who sailed into waters unknown to Europeans in 1497.
- 7. The sun and all the planets that revolve around it.
- 9. One of the greatest thinkers that ever lived.
- 11. An astronomer from the Renaissance period who proved that the sun is at the centre of the solar system.
- 14. Eager to investigate and learn more.
- 15. People who live in Holland speak this language.
- 16. A time in history in which many new ideas were developed.
- 19. A large ship.