Explorers Research
Welcome students! Here are some recommended websites for your research.
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Recommended Links:
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World Book Online - The MOST complete source for your research. This is the IN-SCHOOL link!
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The Mariner's Museum
- Biographical information on explorers.
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Early Navigation Methods
- Learn how early sailors navigated by the stars, and the tools they used.
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Maps and Charts of the Fifteenth Century
- Mapmaker's tools and vocabulary.
Explorers:
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- Balboa, Vasco Núñez de: Encarta
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa: Famous Hispanics
- John Cabot
- Cabot, John: Encarta
- John Cabot: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
- John Cabot: Newfoundland Tourism
- The Cabot Dilemma: University of Virginia
- John and Sebastian Cabot: Mariner's Museum
- John Cabot - The English King's Italian Navigator: Library & Archives Canada
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- Jacques Cartier
- Cartier,Jacques: Encarta
- French Explorers - Cartier, Champlain, LaSalle: Mariner's Museum
- Jacques Cartier: Virtual Museum of New France
- Jacques Cartier: Discover's Web
- Jacques Cartier - New Land for the French King: Library & Archives Canada
- Samuel de Champlain
- Champlain, Samuel de: Encarta
- Samuel de Champlain: Virtual Museum of New France
- Champlain - Explorer and Colonizer: Library & Archives Canada
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- Christopher Columbus
- Columbus, Christopher: Encarta
- Christopher Columbus: Mariner's Museum
- Christopher Columbus: InfoPlease
- Extracts from Christopher Columbus's Journal: Fordham University
- The Columbus Navigation Home Page: Keith A. Pickering
- James Cook
- Cook, Captain James: Encarta
- James Cook: Mariner's Museum
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- Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
- Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de: Encarta
- Francisco Vásquez Coronado: Discover's Web
- Francisco Vásquez Coronado: PBS
- Hernando Cortés
- Cortés, Hernando: Encarta
- Hernando Cortés: New Advent
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- Hernando De Soto
- De Soto, Hernando: Encarta
- Hernando De Soto Exploration Through Oklahoma: OK Gen Web
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Dias, Bartolomeu: Encarta
- Sir Francis Drake
- Drake, Sir Francis: Encarta
- Francis Drake: Mariner's Museum
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- Erik the Red
- Erik the Red, Explorer: Enchanted Learning
- Saga of Erik the Red: Library & Archives Canada
- Leif Eriksson
- Eriksson, Leif: Encarta
- Leif Eriksson: Jim Cornish
- Leifr Eiriksson - Vikings: Library & Archives Canada
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- Vasco da Gama
- Prince Henry the Navigator
- Henry the Navigator: Encarta
- Prince Henry the Navigator: Mariner's Museum
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- Henry Hudson
- Hudson, Henry: Encarta
- Who Was Henry Hudson Anyhow?: Half Moon Press
- Henry Hudson: Mariner's Museum
- Henry Hudson's Daring Exploits: Library & Archives Canada
- Ferninand Magellan
- Magellan, Ferdinand: Encarta
- Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the World: Mariner's Museum
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- Francisco Pizarro
- Pizarro, Francisco: Encarta
- Francisco Pizarro: New Advent
- Marco Polo
- Polo, Marco: Encarta
- Juan Ponce de León
- Ponce de León, Juan: Encarta
- Juan Ponce de León: New Advent
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- Giovanni da Verrazano
- Verrazano, Giovanni da: Encarta
- Giovanni da Verrazzano: Discoverer's Web
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Vespucci, Amerigo: Encarta
- Amerigo Vespucci: New Advent