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Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List
Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.
www.win.tue.nl
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.
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Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.
www.enchantedlearning.com
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.
pompstory.home.mindspring.com
Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
Recounts the stories of famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers.
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Famous Hispanics: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Short biography of the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
coloquio.com
Provides detailed accounts of men who explored and mapped the continent of Australia. Designed especially for elementary school students.
www.davidreilly.com
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.
www.pbs.org
You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer
Interactive site describing Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
www.salariya.com
Give a brief history and pictures of this Spanish Conquistador and explorer of the Americas.
www.bruce.ruiz.net
A collection of short reports on various explorers. Written by fifth graders.
www.kent.k12.wa.us
Biography of English captain George Vancouver and his exploration of the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States.
www.discovervancouver.com
A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers.
www.kathimitchell.com
Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
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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.
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