The
Art and Science of 15th Century Navigation. How did explorers navigate?
What was it really like to be an early explorer trying to cross the ocean?
Find out about their knowledge of latitude, longitude and the calendar.
Links also to maps, ships, use of the compass rose, ocean weather and currents,
astronomy and magnetism.
Balboa.
Information about the Spanish conquistador and explorer.
Biography
of Henry Hudson. Fact-filled biography with links to all his voyages.
Come
Aboard the Half Moon. Facts and drawings of Henry Hudson's ship.
Explorers.
Search by explorer, region or date.
Explorer's
Webquest. Follow the directions to claim all land for the monarchy,
locate a new trading route across the ocean, look for the Northwest Passage,
and bring back gold, silver, metals, spices, and new plants.
John
and Sebastion Cabot. Information about the explorer with links
to maps and pictures.
Jacques
Cartier. Learn about the voyages of this 15th century French explorer.
The
Columbus Navigation Homepage. Read
about the ships, the crew, navigation methods, and lots more.
Coronado.Short
biography of the explorer of the American Southwest.
Culinary
History of Christopher Columbus. What
did Columbus and his men eat? Find out about the foods and the recipes.
De
Soto. Scroll down this page to find facts about the explorer.
De
Soto. Information, map and portrait.
Discoverers
Web: Jacques Cartier. Information
about the explorer of the St. Lawrence River.
Discoverer's
Web: Primary Sources*.
Check here for texts written by the explorers themselves. You may need
some adult help reading these.
Explorations
of Christopher Columbus. Maps
and information about the explorer.
Explorer's
Hall of Fame. Read about some of the greatest adventurers of the
past 1000 years.
Field
Guide to the Prairie. List and description of prairie animals and
plants.
Francis
Drake. Find out about the explorer who went around the world. Includes
pictures and maps.
Ferdinand
Magellan. Information
about the 16th-century explorer, with clickable drawings and maps.
1492:
An Ongoing Voyage. Library of Congress exhibit about first contacts
between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers
from 1492 to 1600.
Jamaica
History. Columbus meets the people of Jamaica.
Journals
of Explorers. Excerpts from journals of Columbus, Magellan, Verrazzano,
and Mercator.
Pomp--
The True Story of the Baby on the Sacagawea Dollar. Learn about
Sacagawea's son who travelled with Lewis and Clark.
Ponce
de Leon. Portrait and information about the explorer.
Ponce
de Leon. Did you know that he's on a US stamp?
Ponce
de Leon. Information about voyages to Florida and picture of ship.
Vasco
Da Gama Map, picture and information about the Portuguese explorer.
Verrazzano.
Learn
about an explorer of the east coast of what is now the United States.
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