Explorers Resources
Part One | Part Two
Part One - Sites with many explorers
Explorers of the Americas - Explorers from A to Z: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/america.shtml
Discoverers Website- Explorers from A to Z: http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html
Meet the Explorers - Megasite from Topfield Schools: http://www.topsfieldschools.org/meet_the_explorers.htm
Explorers of the World from Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA: http://www.mariner.org/age/menu.html
New Perspectives on the West - Biographical Info from PBS: http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/
Additional Resources:
Famous Explorer Website - Reports by Grade 6 students: http://www.spp.k12.nf.ca/explorer/index.html
Grolier Multimedia & New Book of Knowledge Online:http://www.go.grolier.com
Encarta Online: http://www.encarta.msn.com/
Part Two - Individual Explorers
Lope de Aguirre:
http://famousamericans.net/lopedeaguirre/
http://www.coloquio.com/famosos/aguirre.html
William Baffin:
http://famousamericans.net/williambaffin/
http://www.kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/people/A0805728.html
Vasco Nunez de Balboa:
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Americas/Balboa.html
Etienne Brule:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/br/Brule-Et.html
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/brule_e2.html#top
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca:
http://famousamericans.net/alvarnufiezcabezadeyaca/
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Cabezade.html
Included in info about Navarez:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fna22.html
Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot):
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Cabot-Jo.html
Jacques Cartier:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/CartierJ.html
http://www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/cartier.html
Robert Cavalier, sieur (lord) de La Salle:
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/lasal_e2.html#top
Samuel de Champlain:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ch/ChamplaiS.html
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/champ_e1.html
Christopher Columbus:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/ColumbusC.html
Francesco Vasquez de Coronado:
Included in article on Pueblo Indians: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12554b.htm
Hernando Cortes:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/Cortes-H.html
Vasco Da Gama:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ga/Gama-Vas.html
John Davis:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/da/DavisJohn.html
Hernando De Soto:
http://www.bartleby.com/65/de/DeSoto-H.html
Bartholomeu Dias:
http://famousamericans.net/bartholomewdias/
Sir Francis Drake:
http://www.legends.dm.net/pirates/drake.html
http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/SirFrancisDrake.html
Martin Fernandez de Enciso:
http://famousamericans.net/martinfernandezdeenciso/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05412a.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817311.html
Eric the Red:
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817579.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/04191.html
Leif Erickson:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/07343.html
Sir Humphrey Gilbert:
http://famousamericans.net/sirhumphreygilbert/
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/english1.htm#Gilbert
Sir John Hawkins:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/05710.html
http://famousamericans.net/sirjohnhawkins/
Henry Hudson:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06108.html
Gongalo Jimenez de Quesada:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06647.html
Louis Jolliet:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06706.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08496a.htm
Ferdinand Magellan:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/07854.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm
Jacques Marquette:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/08090.html
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/marqu_e1.html
Pedro Menendez de Aviles:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/30659.html
Panfilo de Narvaez:
http://famousamericans.net/pfinfilodenarvaez/
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fna22.html
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fna22.html
Alonse de Ojeda:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/34459.html
http://famousamericans.net/alonsodeojeda/
Juan de Onate:
http://users.aol.com/maist/onate.htm
http://www.twelve-travelers.com/tt_onate.htm
Prince Henry The Navigator:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/05821.html
http://www.mrdowling.com/610-henry.html
Francisco Pizarro:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10256.html
Juan Ponce de Leon:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10392.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12228a.htm
Sir Walter Raleigh:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10765.html
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/english1.htm#Raleigh
Juan de Solis:
http://famousamericans.net/juandiazdesolis/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777a.htm
Diego de Velazquez:
http://famousamericans.net/diegodevelazquez/
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0850600.html
Giovanni da Verrazano:
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/verrazzano.html
http://famousamericans.net/giovannideverrazano/
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/learn/timelines/Verrazzano.htm
Amerigo Vespucci:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/13439.html
Sebastian Vizcaino:
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/vizcaino/vizcaino.htm
http://famousamericans.net/sebastianvizcain0/
Updated 1/24/03. Please report expired links to KT_Tobiason@misd.wednet.edu
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