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Age of Exploration
Explorers Word Puzzle

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Across
1 Italian who explored for Spain and Portugal
3 Leader of first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
5 First documented European to reach the Americas
7 English explorer killed in Hawaii
9 Phoenician who explored northwest coast of Africa
11 Founder of Quebec
13 English navigator who explored New York
15 Discovered the St. Lawrence River
Down
2 Norse explorer who landed in North America
4 5th century B.C.E. Phoenician traveled to England
6 First Englishman to circumnavigate the world
8 6th century B.C.E. Greek who explored for Persia
10 Discovered the Cape of Good Hope
12 China’s Treasure Fleet Admiral
14 Greek who established tin trade with England