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Byrd, Richard
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Cabot, John and Sebastian
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Cartier, Jacques
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Champlain, Samuel de
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Columbus, Christopher
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Cook, James
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Cortez, Hernando
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Da Gama, Vasco
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de Soto, Hernando
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Drake, Francis
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Ericson, Leif
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Henry the Navigator
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Henson, Matthew
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Hudson, Henry
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Jolliet, Louis
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Lewis and Clark
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Livingstone, David
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Magellan, Ferdinand
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Marquette, Jacques
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Peary, Robert
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Polo, Marco
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Ponce de León, Juan
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Raleigh, Walter
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Vespucci, Amerigo
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Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List
Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html
Explorer Poems
A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers.
http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/kimball/classes/mitchell/explpoe.htm
Explorers of the Millennium
Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/
Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons
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.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/
Zoom Explorers
Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/
Pomp - The True Story of the Baby on the Sacagawea Dollar
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.
http://pompstory.home.mindspring.com/
Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
Recounts the stories of famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/
Taking on the World: European Explorers
Features short biographies of the best-known European explorers.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6174/
The Journies and Expeditions of Marquette, Drake, Columbus, Cortez, and DeSoto
Middle school students tell the stories of five men who explored North America. Each story is illustrated with original drawings.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6297/
Famous Hispanics: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Short biography of the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
http://coloquio.com/famosos/balboa.html
Australian Explorers
Provides detailed accounts of men who explored and mapped the continent of Australia. Designed especially for elementary school students.
http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/
Forbidden Territory @ nationalgeographic.com
A glimpse into the lives of African explorers David Livingstone and Henry Morten Stanley.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/lantern/
Conquistadors
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.
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/
You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer
Interactive site describing Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
http://www.salariya.com/web_books/explorer
Explorers: Can You Identify Them?
Slide show includes facts about the lives of more than two dozen explorers.
http://web54.sd54.k12.il.us/schools/hale/pgraf/explorers99/sld001.htm
My Hero: Explorers
Short student-friendly biographies of 10 men and women who ventured into new worlds during the 19th and 20th centuries.
http://www.myhero.com/explorers/explorers_content.asp
Alonso de Ojeda
Give a brief history and pictures of this Spanish Conquistador and explorer of the Americas.
http://www.bruce.ruiz.net/PanamaHistory/alonso_de_ojeda.htm
Discovery School's Exploration Station
Collection of articles based on World Book Encyclopedia, tell about the most famous Europeans who set sail for new lands during the 15th and 16th centuries.
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/explorationstation/
Student Explorer Reports
A collection of short reports on various explorers. Written by fifth graders.
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/MS/student/Explorers.html
Captain George Vancouver
Biography of English captain George Vancouver and his exploration of the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States.
http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/captain-george-vancouver.asp
Vitus Jonassen Bering
Contributed to the discovery of Alaska by mapping the Coastline in two large Expeditions, together with scientist Georg Wilhelm Steller who recorded the journey.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/bering/pages/vbering.html
Epic Voyages
Offers a look at historic voyages and the lives of key explorers who helped uncover the world. Requires Flash.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004237/flash.html?tqskip1=1
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