Explorers Crossword

the period of time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas
a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about past cultures
what Europeans called the land masses of North America, Central America, and South America
first Europeans recorded to have visited and settled in North America
first European country to claim land in the Western Hemisphere
Prince who encouraged exploration of the world by paying for ships to sail
country that explored West Africa
Europeans traded for ___ and gold in West Africa.
first European to sail to the tip of Africa
European who reached islands in the Western Hempisphere in 1492
explorer who claimed North America for England
he was king of Spain in 1492