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Byrd, Richard
Cabot, John and Sebastian
Cartier, Jacques
Champlain, Samuel de
Columbus, Christopher
Cook, James
Cortez, Hernando
Da Gama, Vasco
de Soto, Hernando
Drake, Francis
Ericson, Leif
Henry the Navigator
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Henson, Matthew
Hudson, Henry
Jolliet, Louis
Lewis and Clark
Livingstone, David
Magellan, Ferdinand
Marquette, Jacques
Peary, Robert
Polo, Marco
Ponce de León, Juan
Raleigh, Walter
Vespucci, Amerigo
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- Alonso de Ojeda
Give a brief history and pictures of this Spanish Conquistador and explorer of the Americas.
- Australian Explorers
Provides detailed accounts of men who explored and mapped the continent of Australia. Designed especially for elementary school students.
- Captain George Vancouver
Biography of English captain George Vancouver and his exploration of the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States.
- 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.
- Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List
Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.
- 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.
- Epic Voyages
Offers a look at historic voyages and the lives of key explorers who helped uncover the world. Requires Flash.
- Explorer Poems
A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers.
- Explorers of the Millennium
Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
- Explorers: Can You Identify Them?
Slide show includes facts about the lives of more than two dozen explorers.
- Famous Hispanics: Vasco N��ez de Balboa
Short biography of the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
- Forbidden Territory @ nationalgeographic.com
A glimpse into the lives of African explorers David Livingstone and Henry Morten Stanley.
- MMBC Exploration: Explorer Biographies
Brief biographies and portraits of Europeans who explored the Northwest coast.
- My Hero: Explorers
Short student-friendly biographies of 10 men and women who ventured into new worlds during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- 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.
- Student Explorer Reports
A collection of short reports on various explorers. Written by fifth graders.
- Taking on the World: European Explorers
Features short biographies of the best-known European explorers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
Recounts the stories of famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers.
- You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer
Interactive site describing Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
- Zoom Explorers
Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.
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