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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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