Age of Exploration Crossword

master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages opened the way for European exploration
an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower
an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars
an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of the sextant
an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor
a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area
period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds
a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent
a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean