Age of Exploration Crossword Puzzle

About the Age of Exploration Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers the sea voyages and expanding trade networks of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. Look for ships such as the Caravel, tools like the Astrolabe, goods including Nutmeg and Silk, and figures such as Magellan and da Gama. Students of world history and geography, and anyone curious about how distant regions became connected, will enjoy these words.

This crossword draws on 46 clues about Age of Exploration. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Large naval force (6 letters)
• •Small, swift sailing vessel used by Iberian explorers (7 letters)
• •Aromatic dried flower bud used as a spice (5 letters)
• •Portuguese explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope (4 letters)
• •Precious yellow metal sought by explorers (4 letters)
• •Portuguese Atlantic island group (7 letters)
• •Aromatic seed used as a spice (6 letters)
• •Instrument for measuring the altitude of celestial bodies (8 letters)

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