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American
History Calendar
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American
History Calendar: A
calendar site showing American history in a unique way: through a user-friendly
web calendar. Birthdays of important people in American history and important
events in American history can be viewed; interactive -
browse through it and display details on a specific person or event.
A printer friendly version of the calendar is also available.
HistoryBuff:
Search for resources and information about historical
events, people, and places
Discovery
and Exploration Maps from the Library of Congress: Documents
the discovery and exploration of the Americas with both manuscripts
and published maps. Many of these maps reflect the European Age
of Discoveries, dating from the late 15th century to the 17th century
when Europeans were concerned primarily with determining the outline
of the continents as they explored and mapped the coastal areas
and the major waterways. Also included are 18th and 19th century
maps documenting the exploration and mapping of the interior parts
of the continents, reflecting the work of Lewis and Clark and subsequent
government explorers and surveyors. SEARCHABLE by
Keyword or Creator Index, Geographic
Location Index, or
Title Index
Discoverers
and Explorers: Important
facts and information about Lewisand Clark,
the Astorians, Pike and Long, Mountain
Men, Fur
Trading Companies,
and Fremont
Discoverers
Web: An alphabetical listing
of available explorer biographies
European
Explorers: A
GREAT SITE which
offers links to the famous
European Explorers (the
explorers are organized
by the country for
which they explored): John Cabot, Sir
Humphrey Gilbert, James Cook , Francis Drake, Martin Frobisher, John Franklin, Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Samuel
de Champlain, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando Cortes, Vasco da
Gama, Gaspar
Corte Real, Henry
the Navigator, The
Vikings
European
Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century: The
modern world exists in a state of cultural, political, and economic
globalisation. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries two
nations, Portugal and Spain, pioneered the European discovery of
sea routes that were the first channels of interaction between all
of the world's continents, thus beginning the process of globalisation
in which we all live today. This tutorial introduces the student
to these two pioneering nations, their motivations, their actions,
and the inevitable consequences of their colonisation. This tutorial
also examines the geographical, technological, economic, political,
and cultural patterns of that era.
Explorer
Links: Lots of
informational links to facts and information about explorers
Explorers-EnchantedLearning.com: Brief
biographical information on famous explorers
Explorers-in-Residence
from National Geographic: Highlights
some of the world's preeminent explorers and scientists.
Explorers
of the Millennium (Greatest Adventurers of the last 1000 years)
Explorers
Theme Page: A
set of curricular resources for students wanting to learn more about
Explorers.
Great
Canadian Explorers: A
This web site contains information on the following Great
Canadian Explorers: John
Cabot ,Jacques
Cartier, Samuel
de Champlain, Henry
Kelsey, James
Knight, La
Vérendrye, James
Cook, Sir
Alexander MacKenzie, David
Thompson, Sir
John Franklin, Vilhjalmur
Stefansson,
Outline
of American History: Chapter 1: Early America: Early
Explorers; historical background on The First Europeans -- Early
Settlements
Passageways
to Explorers: Facts
and information about Amundsen, Cabot, Cartier, Champlain, Cook, Davis, First
Nations and Inuit, Franklin, Fraser, Frobisher, Hearne, Hudson, Kelsey, The
La verendryes, MacKenzie, McClure, Thompson, Vancouver, and
the Vikings,
and MORE
Primary
Sources for Explorers on the Web: On
this page are primary sources on voyages of discovery that can be
found on the web. Primary sources includes the texts the explorers
themselves wrote on their voyages. These sources are important when
studying the history of exploration
Hall
of Explorers: Important
facts and information about each of the following explorers (listed
in alphabetical order): Neil
Armstrong, Vasco
Núñez de Balboa, Daniel
Boone, Ibn
Battutah, Richard
E. Byrd, John
Cabot, Sebastian
Cabot, Pedro
Alvarez Cabrera, Jacques
Cartier, Samuel
de Champlain, William
Clark, Christopher
Columbus, Hernán
Cortés, Jacques
(Yves) Cousteauz, Juan
de Cartegenaz, Luis
de Mendoza, Gaspar
de Quesada, Juan
Sebastian del Cano, Hernando
de Soto, Bartolomeu
Dias, Sir
Francis Drake, Erik
the Red (Erik Thorvaldsson), Leif
Eriksson, Ferdinand
and Isabella, Vasco
da Gama, Harold
Godwinsson, Harald
Hardradde, Matthew
Henson, Biarni
Heriolfsson, Sir
Edmund Hillary, Cheng
Ho, Henry
Hudson, Prestor
John, Louis
Jolliet, Rene
Robert de LaSalle, Meriwether
Lewis, David
Livingstone, Ferdinand
Magellan, Jacques
Marquette, Robert
Edwin Peary, Martin
Alonzo Pinzon, Vicente
Yáñez Pinzón, Francisco
Pizarroz, Maffeo
Polo,Marco
Polo, Juan
Ponce de León, Henry
the Navigator, Pytheas, Sir
Henry Morton Stanley, Amerigo
Vespucci, William
the Conqueror
The
Age of Exploration: An Introduction: Facts
and information about early civilizations and their desire to explore
the world around them
Conquest
of America: The
story of the arrival of the first explorers to America; links to
each explorer with biographical information
Exploration
of the Northwest Passage: Information
about Martin
Frobisher, John
Davis, Henry
Hudson, Thomas
Button, William
Baffin and Robert
Bylot, Luke
Foxe and Thomas
James, Christopher
Middleton, Edward
Parry, John
Ross, John
Franklin, Peter
Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson, 1850
Expeditions - The Search for Franklin,
Charles
Francis Hall, Roald
Amundsen
North
Atlantic Crossings: The
search for a sea route to the Spice Islands and the Orient led Europeans
such as Cabotto,
Verrazzano, Cartier, Frobisher, Davis, Champlain and Hudson to
explore North America
Antarcic
Explorers: A
site dedicated to the people important to the exploration of the
Antarctic; biographical information; photographs
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Reference
Sites to Help in Your Research
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1upinfo.com: A free encyclopedia to use for researching topics
- SEARCHABLE by
keyword
American
Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress:
Historical collections of photographs, documents, motion pictures,
and sound recordings about American culture and history - SEARCHABLE by
keyword
Biographies
of Famous People Both Past and Present:
- SEARCHABLE by
keyword
The
Biographic Dictionary: Covers
more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world
from ancient times to the present day- SEARCHABLE by
keyword
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian:
Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions
about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A
to Z
Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE
Who2: Find famous people biographies fast!
This site also lists links to more information about each person.
- SEARCHABLE by keyword
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PBS
American History Magazine for Students
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The
American Experience / Wayback: Monthly
online magazine aimed at middle school students which highlights
historical events, topics, and persons in American history with
articles, photographs, factoids and more.
The
History Channel: Each
month the History Channel takes new explorations into the past and
puts them on display for you, utilizing state-of-the-art interactive
technology; listen to speeches drawn from the most famous broadcasts
and recordings of the Twentieth Century. The History Channel Time
Machine brings you to a different speech every day; trivia quiz;
fact of the day; games
...since
the beginning of mankind, people have been driven to explore the unknown?
...the
first known explorer to leave a record of his explorations was an Egyptian
by the name of Hannu? He built a huge wooden ship and sailed in the year
2750 B.C., south from Egypt along the Red Sea?
...early
explorers set out to explore for many reasons: to find trade routes, treasures,
silks, spices, increase personal wealth, glory for their own nations,
or to spre 
