Explorers Directory

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• Byrd, Richard (3)
• Cabot, John and Sebastian (6)
• Cartier, Jacques (4)
• Champlain, Samuel de (4)
• Columbus, Christopher (7)
• Cook, James (5)
• Cortez, Hernando (2)
• Da Gama, Vasco (3)
• de Soto, Hernando (2)
• Drake, Francis (3)
• Ericson, Leif (1)
• Henry the Navigator (7)

• Henson, Matthew (8)
• Hudson, Henry (3)
• Jolliet, Louis (2)
• Lewis and Clark (14)
• Livingstone, David (4)
• Magellan, Ferdinand (5)
• Marquette, Jacques (4)
• Peary, Robert (8)
• Polo, Marco (8)
• Ponce de León, Juan (2)
• Raleigh, Walter (6)
• Vespucci, Amerigo (3)

• You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer
  
  salariya.com
  
  [ ] - Interactive site describing Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
• My Hero: Explorers
  
  myhero.com
  
  [ ] - Short student-friendly biographies of 10 men and women who ventured into new worlds during the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Alonso de Ojeda
  
  bruceruiz.net
  
  [ ] - Give a brief history and pictures of this Spanish Conquistador and explorer of the Americas.
• Boldly Onward
  
  lindseywilliams.org
  
  [ ] - Online book by Lindsey Williams explores the South Florida history of the conquistadors Hernando De Soto, Ponce De Leon, and Panfilo de Narvaez, where they landed, where they explored, and their adventures.
• Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons
  
  library.thinkquest.org
  
  [ ] - Leads visitors on a journey through the past centuries looking at the explorers, the dangers they faced, where they went, and their motivations for exploration. In English and Dutch.
• Taking on the World: European Explorers
  
  library.thinkquest.org
  
  [ ] - Features short biographies of the best-known European explorers.
• Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
  
  library.thinkquest.org
  
  [ ] - Recounts the stories of famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers.
• Explorers
  
  mce.k12tn.net
  
  [ ] - Information on explorers with activities and quizzes. Provided by Mountain City Elementary School, Tennessee.
• Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List
  
  win.tue.nl
  
  [ ] - Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.
• The Journies and Expeditions of Marquette, Drake, Columbus, Cortez, and DeSoto
  
  library.thinkquest.org
  
  [ ] - Middle school students tell the stories of five men who explored North America. Each story is illustrated with original drawings.
• Conquistadors
  
  pbs.org
  
  [ ] - Share the adventures of Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Fracisco de Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca as series host Michael Wood retraces their journeys in modern-day South America and the southern United States.
• Explorer Poems
  
  kathimitchell.com
  
  [ ] - A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers.
• Famous Hispanics: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
  
  coloquio.com
  
  [ ] - Short biography of the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
• Virtual Museum of New France - The Explorers
  
  civilization.ca
  
  [ ] - Brief biographies of 19 famous explorers of Canada.
• Sheldrake the Beneficent
  
  idiotica.com
  
  [ ] - A summary of the life and achievements of this explorer who discovered much of the Great Lakes region.
• Vitus Jonassen Bering
  
  pmel.noaa.gov
  
  [ ] - Contributed to the discovery of Alaska by mapping the Coastline in two large Expeditions, together with scientist Georg Wilhelm Steller who recorded the journey.
• Australian Explorers
  
  davidreilly.com
  
  [ ] - Provides detailed accounts of men who explored and mapped the continent of Australia. Designed especially for elementary school students.
• Explorers of the Millennium
  
  library.thinkquest.org
  
  [ ] - Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
• Zoom Explorers
  
  enchantedlearning.com
  
  [ ] - Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.
• Pomp - The True Story of the Baby on the Sacagawea Dollar
  
  pompstory.home.mindspring.com
  
  [ ] - This e-book tells the story of the baby born on the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition who would grow up to explore the American West.

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