Explorer Resources
Online Encyclopedias (try these first):Grolier Online Encyclopedia
For access from home, use the login and password given at school.
Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Zoom Explorers (search by last name)
Voyage
of Exploration: Discovering new Horizons (go to Explorer Time Line)
.
The Mariner's Museum
An Adventure to the New World - Scroll down to find a list of explorers.
5th Grade Technology Project Resources - For when you are ready to start your final project
Christopher Columbus
Christopher
Columbus Biography
Navigation
Christopher Columbus
Journal Entries
Christopher Columbus
Letter to the King and Queen
Christopher
Columbus
The Spanish Empire
Christopher
Columbus, Man and Myth
Francisco Vasquez
de Coronodo
de Coronodo's
Life
Biography
Expedition
Travel Map
de
Coronodo Report to the King in 1540
Francisco Vasquez de
Coronado
Francisco
Vasquez de Coronado - a PBS biography
Hernando Cortez
Hernan Cortez
Hernan Cortez
- An Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico
Bartolomeu Dias
An
encyclopedia article
Sea
route to India! Vasco De Gama and Dias!
Sir
Francis Drake
Coastal Navigation
and Exploration
Drake:
a biography
Drake's Travels
Vasco da Gama
History
Knight Commander
of the Military Order of Christ
Discoverer
of India
Explorers of the Millennium
Henry Hudson
Life and Times of
Henry Hudson
Henry
Hudson the Englishman
Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur
de La Salle
About
La Salle
A brief explaination
of his discoveries
La Salle's ship and
story of it sinking
Ponce de Leon
A
biography of this Explorer
More about Ponce de
Leon
Find
out about Leon's sad death!
Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan's
Life
Voyage Around
the World
Circumnavigating
the Globe!
Francisco
Pizarro
Francisco
Pizarro
Marco Polo
Marco
Polo
Merchant and Explorer
Marco
Polos background, maps and accomplishments
Marco Polo's Asia
National
Geographic Site...some good info!
Map
of Marco Polo's Journey
Hernando de Soto
About
the Expedition
Amerigo Vespucci
Pilot Major
of Spain