Across
- 7. one of the East India companies chartered by European sovereigns to establish worldwide trading connections
- 10. a group of islands
- 12. English navigators, often pirates
- 13. resistance to disease
- 14. people living near the Bay of Biscay
Down
- 1. a common mineral with a pale brass-yellow colour
- 2. royal documents that set out terms and permission
- 3. completely control of the market for a certain good or service
- 4. not-Christian
- 5. made gentle, happy
- 6. non-believer, in this case, not-Christian
- 8. being false, betraying someone
- 9. trap
- 11. lord
- 15. a terrible, often fatal, disease caused by a lack of vitamin C