Explorer Online Resources

Use the links below to find extra online resources for each explorer to aid in your research

Use the following websites to gather information. Write down information on your note-taking paper provided by your teacher. Also, write down the resources used on a bibliography sheet. General Websites: Click on the links below! Enchanted Learning: Explorers The Mariners’ Museum: Exploration Through the Ages Conquistadors: PBS World Book Kids Online
Lief Ericson http://www.mnc.net/norway/LeifErikson.htm http://www.viking.no/e/people/leif/e-leiv.htm http://historymedren.about.com/od/lwho/p/leif_ericsson.htm http://transportationhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/lief_ericson
Erik the Red Thorvaldsson http://www.viking.no/e/people/leif/e-erik.htm http://www.greenland.com/content/english/tourist/culture/the_history_of_greenland/the_viking_period/erik_the_red http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817579.html Animation Movie - http://www.clubworkout.com/bonvoyage/animation/erikthered/
Prince Henry http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/prince_henry_the_navigator.htm http://www.thornr.demon.co.uk/kchrist/phenry.html http://www.mrdowling.com/610-henry.html
Vasco de Gama http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/exgama.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/dagama.html http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/vasco-da-gama.htm
Christopher Columbus http://www.columbusnavigation.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/index.shtml http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/columbus.htm
Amerigo Vespucci http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html http://geography.about.com/cs/historicalgeog/a/amerigo.htm http://virtualology.com/hallofexplorers/AMERIGOVESPUCCI.ORG/
Vasco Nunez de Balboa http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/balboa.htm http://coloquio.com/famosos/balboa.html http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/vasco-nunez-de-balboa.htm http://virtualology.com/hallofexplorers/VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA.COM/
Ferdinand Magellan http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/magellan.htm http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1519magellan.html http://www.notablebiographies.com/Lo-Ma/Magellan-Ferdinand.html
Hernando Cortes http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/hernando-cortes.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/cortez.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cortes_hernan.shtml
Francisco Pizarro http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/explorer_reports/wbender.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/pizarro.htm http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/pizarro/pizarro_flat.html http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/inca.html
Juan Ponce de Leon http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/ponce.html http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/juan-ponce-de-leon.htm http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm
Francisco Coronado http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/coronado.htm http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/coronado.html http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-vasquez-de-coronado.htm
John Cabot http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabot.html http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/john-cabot.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cabot_john.shtml
Giovanni da Verrazano http://www.italianhistorical.org/verrazzano.htm http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/verrazzano.html http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/giovanni-da-verrazzano.htm
Jacques Cartier http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cartier.html http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/3/h3-1320-e.html http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1143.html
Henry Hudson http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/hudson.htm http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/3/h3-1420-e.html http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1146.html
Francis Drake http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml http://www.britannia.com/bios/gents/fdrake.html http://www.nmm.ac.uk/drake
Bartholomeu Dias http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/bartholomeu-dias.htm
Marco Polo http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml http://geography.about.com/cs/marcopolo/a/marcopolo.htm

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