Explorers
World Book Article on Explorers
Discover America alongside history's great adventurers
Learning Page from the Library of Congress includes links to online exhibitions, maps, photographs, historical documents - from Gutierrez in 1562 to Lewis & Clark in the 1800s
42Explore Explorer Theme
Explorer Links  ... For Individual Explorer try Links, Explorers - A-Z
Age of Exploration
Information from the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, VA   includes a timeline or a menu from explorations dating back to the Egyptians
American Spice Trade Association
Spices and the History of the World ... Start with Spices in the Middle Ages  
Cyber-Sleuth Kids Explorer Links
A variety of links to explorers and "explorer" clipart 
Discoverer's Web
Web links for all voyages of exploration and discovery 

Early America and Americans (to 1650) (includes Massachusetts landforms and Native Americans)

Emergence of a Global Age (1600-1763)                          

Quaboag Regional Virtual Classroom - links for European Expansion and European Conquests and America from its beginnings to 1763 (and beyond ...)
European Explorer Web Resources                      Vikings Theme Page
From Gander Academy in Canada 
European Voyages of Exploration
From the University of Calgary
ExplorerAlpha Links
From the Homework Center of the Multmonah County Library in Portland Oregon 
Explorer Links - Surf Report
From the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Wisconsin 
Explorer Links
From Answers.com 
Explorer Pictures                                  Additional Picture Pages
Explorers
Enchanted Learning Index of Explorers 
The Explorers
From the Museum of New France ... includes Cartier, Champlain, de la Salle, Jolliet and Marquette among others 
Explorers' Theme Page
A Canadian Site for resources in Social Studies
History of Navigation
From Boatsafe.com - brief history of navigation
Lewis and Clark
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Adventure into the Unknown

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American Treasures  and The Revealing of America   (Library of Congress)

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Journey of the Corps of Discovery  (PBS Online)

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Discovering Lewis and Clark 

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National Historic Trail (Park Service)

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Lewis and Clark Bicentennial

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Lewis and Clark Interactive Journey (National Geographic)

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Lewis and Clark Maps of Exploration (Library of Univ. of Virginia)

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Lewis and Clark in  Idaho, Missouri, in Montana, in North Dakota, in Oregon

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Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery

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Lewis and Clark Mapping the West

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Journals of Lewis and Clark (Library of Univ. of Virginia)

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Lewis and Clark Trail (includes "Today in History" from their journals and a biography)

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Lewis and Clark (Time Magazine)

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Thomas Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Monticello)  Interactive Artifact Poster

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Lewis and Clark Documents (from the National Archives Digital Classroom)

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Westward Across America with Lewis and Clark (National Geographic Interactive Journey)

National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory - London
Links to Fact Files on explorers, astronomy, life at sea during the Age of Exploration and more... Also Games and Activities for Kids 
Pathfinders (PBS)
 Hudson, Cartier, Champlain, Radisson, Frobisher (includes maps)
Passageways (Canada) - True Tales of Adventure for Young Explorers
 J Cabot, Hudson, Cartier, Champlain, Frobisher, Vikings

Other Explorer Sites

bullet Sieur LaSalle 
bulletVasco Nunez de Balboa
bullet Cabrillo
bullet Cabeza de Vaca   
bullet Ponce de Leon     
bullet Hernando de Soto 
bullet Francisco Coronado
bullet Henry Hudson
bullet John Cabot
bullet Sebastian Cabot
bullet Jacques Cartier
bullet Hernando Cortes
bullet Henri de Tonti
bullet Pierre Radisson
bulletJuan de Onate
bulletZebulon Pike
bullet Louis Hennepin           Louis Hennepin
bullet Sieur Duluth
bullet Vitus Bering
bulletFur Trade of Hudson Bay  (Champlain, Henry Hudson, Radisson)
bulletMountain Men Links (James Bridger, Zebulon Pike, John Fremont, Jedediah Smith)
Yahooligans Explorer Links
Extensive links on individual explorers and "exploration" links 
Explorer WebQuest
The task is to create a pop-up book on an explorer 
Explorers of the New World WebQuest
The task is to create a graphics presentation on an explorer 
Nordic Saga Guides and Resources         The Vikings (NOVA)                  
These links are from PBS programming        Conquistadors
Viking - North Atlantic Saga 
Smithsonian, Museum of Natural History - online exhibit 
Vikings                   Vikings History 
British Broadcasting Company 

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Updated December 21, 2005