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A Confusion of Explorers Crossword Puzzle

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Should we call them adventurers, fortune-hunters, pioneers, pilgrims, trailblazers, invaders, conquerors or colonists? Maybe it depends on who is writing the history. This crossword focuses on several well-known voyagers and discoverers (and some, less so). Enjoy!
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      1. Shipboard device for lowering smaller vessels
      4. Romania, to the Romans
      7. Century year Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland explored the Orinoco River (Roman num.)
      10. Amerigo Vespucci's third voyage discovered the sites of ____ de Janeiro and ____ de la Plata
      11. Squeezing serpent
      12. 13A remained in this Asian country for 17 years
      13. Venetian explorer known for his 21D, ____ Polo
      14. In 1492, 43A was looking for a new 22D to this Asian country
      15. Cutting with sweeping strokes; action employed by explorers in jungles
      18. Persistent: a useful attribute for explorers
      22. A competitor, as with Amundsen, Scott and the race to reach the South Pole
      25. Approximately
      26. Piece of history
      29. Santa ____ winds
      30. Life story (abbr.)
      31. Not yet hardened; or furled sails?
      32. Pertaining to ships
      33. Doled out
      34. That ship
      35. Period in history
      36. Lyric poem
      39. Henry ____ (1721-1806), explorer and colonial governor of Georgia and Nova Scotia
      40. Vasco ____ de Balboa, Spanish explorer, governor and conquistador
      43. In 1492, Christopher ____ was looking for a new 22D to 14A
      46. Australia's hemisphere
      51. Mexican empire overthrown by Hernán Cortés
      52. Temporary substitute (often doctors or the clergy)
      53. Consumer
      54. Vital force of Chinese medicine
      55. Look at
      56. The fabled southern continent: "____ Australis"; existence disproved by James Cook
      57. Sovereignty symbol; often commissioned explorers
      58. A short person

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      1. Levels on a ship
      2. "There you have it!" from Jacques Cartier or Samuel de Champlain
      3. Refuse
      4. Caribbean country sharing an island discovered by 43A, formerly known as Santo Domingo (9,8)
      5. Norwegian explorer, naturalist and author: ____ Alfred Bock (1849-1932)
      6. Cryptids, possibly found in 47D and a target of some explorers (10,7)
      7. New England state where explorer John Cabot possibly landed
      8. Close-knit group
      9. Total confusion
      16. Welcoming gift for explorers visiting the Hawaiian Islands
      17. Mediterranean ____ and Aegean ____: locations of 43A's teenage voyages
      19. Sheltered side
      20. Means of travel for polar explorers
      21. Journeys (of explorers)
      22. Way to go: a new one the aim of many explorers
      23. Explorer ____ da Gama
      24. Turning tool
      26. Charles V, Holy ____ Emperor, supported Magellan's 1519 voyage
      27. A language 26D reputedly spoke to God (along with Spanish)
      28. Spanish port, site of Vespucci's departure in 1497
      37. Vietnamese noodle soup
      38. In 1509, Magellan found himself at the Battle of ____, a naval skirmish in the Arabian Sea
      41. "That's awful!"
      42. Listening device
      43. Shore; Amerigo Vespucci's 1499 voyage explored this part of Brazil
      44. Subsequently
      45. Holy city of Islam
      47. Himalayan land, supposed home of 6D
      48. Land with pyramids
      49. The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806) explored part of the ____ American continent
      50. Reverberate