The Spanish Century Crossword

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  1. 4. Conqueror of the Incas
  2. 6. What the conquistadors called Mexico
  3. 7. Spanish explorer of the southwestern section of North America from Florida to Texas
  4. 8. The 16th century (1500s), during which the Spanish dominated exploration and colonization in the Americas
  5. 10. Spanish explorer of the western coast of North America as far as present-day Oregon
  6. 11. Conqueror of the Aztecs
  7. 12. Spanish explorer who came up from New Spain (Mexico) to explore the southwestern part of North America, continuing as far as present-day Kansas
Down
  1. 1. Spanish adventurers and conquerors in the New World
  2. 2. A fort built by the Spanish in Florida to protect shipping and colonies in the Caribbean; the first permanent European settlement in North America (1565)
  3. 3. "Land of flowers"
  4. 4. Spanish explorer who set out to find the fountain of youth in 1513 and found Florida, instead
  5. 5. Traveler and writer whose name was used to name America
  6. 9. Colony established by Columbus in the Caribbean; today half of this island is Haiti and the other half is the Dominican Republic
  7. 12. An area under the control of a distant country