Amazing Discoveries

It's a brave new word.
This puzzle explores history's greatest discoveries. Solve clues about famous explorers, New World geography, and pivotal 'Eureka!' moments.
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  • 1A
    ___ to light (uncovered)
  • 5A
    Device used to digitize old findings
  • 9A
    Spicy pepper from a New World region
  • 10A
    State before a 'Eureka!' moment
  • 11A
    Like Grace, or a world-changing discovery

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  • 2D
    Puerto ___, a New World island
  • 3D
    'I'm ___ Be (500 Miles)' (The Proclaimers hit)
  • 4D
    Number of discovery vessels in Columbus's fleet
  • 5D
    Gear for underwater exploration
  • 6D
    Juan Manuel de ___, explorer of San Francisco Bay
  • 7D
    Like the world Columbus sailed to
  • 8D
    Company whose massive fraud was uncovered in 2001