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A
Treasure Trove of North American Exploration: Accounts
of European voyages and explorations to North America, from Columbus's
Atlantic crossing in 1492 to the famous trip through the Northwest Passage
by Roald Amundsen in 1905. Alphabetical
Navigation permits
browsing by explorers' names
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. SEARCHABLEby
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 informatioin 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
Virtual
Museum Of France: The Explorers: Facts
and information about Cartier, Champlain, Brule, Nicollet, De
Quen, Des
Groseilliers, Radisson, Perrot, Cavelier
de La Salle, Albanel, Marquette, Jolliet, Greysolon
Dulhut, Hennepin, Lahontan, Chevalier
de Troyes, Le
Moyne d'Iberville, Lamothe
Cadillac, La
Verendrye
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
European
Voyages of Exploration - the 5th and 16th Centuries: Reasons
for exploration; explorers;
Antarcic
Explorers: A
site dedicated to the people important to the exploration of the Antarctic;
biographical information; photographs
