Explorers Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• amerigo vespucci : proved the land discovered was not india but in fact
• christopher columbus : as a teenager he sailed on many merchant ships
• vasco da gama : discovered an ocean route from portugal to the far east
• ferdinand magellan :was amazed by the calmness of this ocean compared to the atlantic
• henry the navigator: started the first school of navigation at sagres, portugal
• juan ponce de leon : the natives told león that water from the fountain could cure all illnesses and keep a person young forever
• francisco pizarro : was engaged in a disturbing encounter with the incan empire, set out to conquer the inca
• henry hudson : he failed to find the northwest passage to asia
• john cabot : reached and explored newfoundland, canada
• jacques cartier : on his third and final trip, his men established a fort near quebec