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Explorers:

Alonso de Ojeda

Give a brief history and pictures of this Spanish Conquistador and explorer of the Americas.

http://www.bruce.ruiz.net/PanamaHistory/alonso_de_ojeda.htm

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Australian Explorers

Provides detailed accounts of men who explored and mapped the continent of Australia. Designed especially for elementary school students.

http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/

Boldly Onward

Online book by Lindsey Williams explores the South Florida history of the conquistadors Hernando De Soto, Ponce De Leon, and Panfilo de Narvaez, where they landed, where they explored, and their adventures.

http://www.lindseywilliams.org/

Captain George Vancouver

Biography of English captain George Vancouver and his exploration of the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States.

http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/captain-george-vancouver.asp

Conquistadors

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.

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/

Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List

Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html

Explorer Poems

A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers.

http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpoe.htm

Explorers

Information on explorers with activities and quizzes. Provided by Mountain City Elementary School, Tennessee.

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm

Explorers of the Millennium

Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/

Famous Hispanics: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Short biography of the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.

http://coloquio.com/famosos/balboa.html

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.

http://library.thinkquest.org/6297/

My Hero: Explorers

Short student-friendly biographies of 10 men and women who ventured into new worlds during the 19th and 20th centuries.

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/directory.asp?dir=explorer

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.

http://pompstory.home.mindspring.com/

Sheldrake the Beneficent

A summary of the life and achievements of this explorer who discovered much of the Great Lakes region.

http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/sheldrake.htm

Student Explorer Reports

A collection of short reports on various explorers. Written by fifth graders.

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/MS/student/Explorers.html

Taking on the World: European Explorers

Features short biographies of the best-known European explorers.

http://library.thinkquest.org/6174/

Vitus Jonassen Bering

Contributed to the discovery of Alaska by mapping the Coastline in two large Expeditions, together with scientist Georg Wilhelm Steller who recorded the journey.

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/np/pages/vbering.html

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.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/

Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World

Recounts the stories of famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers.

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/

You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer

Interactive site describing Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.

http://www.salariya.com/web_books/explorer

Zoom Explorers

Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

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