Have Map, Will Travel

This grid is your oyster.
Chart a course through the world of exploration with clues on geography, historical voyages, and the tools of the adventurous trade.
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Across

  • 3A
    Trekker's boggy obstacle
  • 6A
    Following, on an itinerary
  • 7A
    Ship's biscuit or hardtack, for instance
  • 10A
    A climber's high point?
  • 11A
    Strange finds for a field scientist
  • 14A
    Bait for a long voyage's catch of the day
  • 15A
    A travelling botanist's take-home samples
  • 16A
    Vessel for Vespucci or Vancouver
  • 17A
    An explorer's oyster?

Down

  • 1D
    Fauna documented by Darwin on the Beagle
  • 2D
    Chart new territory, à la Lewis and Clark
  • 4D
    Month that might launch a spring expedition
  • 5D
    Leg of an epic journey
  • 7D
    Material for a sextant or chronometer
  • 8D
    Updated version of a cartographer's work
  • 9D
    Vast, arid expedition challenges
  • 12D
    Spanish for 'new', as in the ___ Mundo
  • 13D
    Geographical society's award, perhaps