| General Sources | Specific Explorers | Other |
Age of Exploration from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery
The Mariner's Museum - Vocabulary and Activities and Online Exhibitions
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/
Discoverers Web - huge database about explorers
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/Enchanted Learning - Explorers listed alphabetically
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexa.shtmlEuropean Explorers Come To America - French explorers - Timeline
https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/
https://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/european-explorers.htm
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/
Explorers - Plymouth State University site - Vespucci and Champlain
http://oz.plymouth.edu/~lts/wilderness/explorers.htmlExplorers - https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/explorers/
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/
How to write a biography: http://homeworktips.about.com/od/biography/a/bio.htm
http://www.tameri.com/write/nonfiction/biography.html
https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/biography/
Biography Maker - http://fno.org/bio/biomaker.htmExplorers on the Web - CyberSleuthKids - good site
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/
Info Please - short biographies by continent - https://www.infoplease.com/people/biographies-19
KidInfo on Explorers - https://kidinfo.com/american_history/explorers.html
Navigation Tools
https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/education/navigation-and-related-instruments-in-16th-century-england.htm
More about Fort Raleigh - https://www.nps.gov/fora/index.htm
The Spice Trade and Exploration - https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1777/the-spice-trade--the-age-of-exploration/David White's Explorers For Kids - Columbus, Drake, Magellan, Ericson, Hudson
1492:An Ongoing Voyage - Library of Congress
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/explorers.htm
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
William Baffin
http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=38
https://www.thepirateking.com/bios/baffin_william.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Baffin
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
https://www.biography.com/explorer/vasco-nunez-de-balboa
http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/balboa_vasco_nunez_de.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_BalboaWillem Barents (Barentz)
https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/history/explore-conquer/barentz-willem
http://www.polarconservation.org/education/explorers/willem-barentsz (http://polarchannel.com/polar-library/)
https://www.thepirateking.com/bios/barents_willem.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Barentsz
Ibn Batuta (Buttuta or Battutah)
https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/history/middle-eastern/ibn-batuta
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/1354-ibnbattuta.asp
https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-teachers/travels-ibn-battuta
http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Ibn_Battuta/Ibn_Battuta_Rihla.html
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/big-history-project/expansion-interconnection/exploration-interconnection/a/ibn-battuta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta
Vitus Bering
https://www.nndb.com/people/082/000094797/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering
https://www.lindahall.org/vitus-bering/
https://kidadl.com/fun-facts/vitus-bering-facts-for-kids-learn-all-about-his-famous-expedition
https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=resources&s=char-dir&f=beringSaint Brendan - https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/st-brendan-voyage.php
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02758c.htm
https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/irish-monk-america.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan
https://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/3rd-+-4th-class/3rd-+-4th-class-environme/sea-time-story/the-sea-in-irish-history/st.-brendan-the-navigator/Cabeza de Vaca - lots of text - http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/cdv/about/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm
http://www.vaca.com/cabeza.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabeza_de_Vaca
http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/cabeza_de_vaca_alvar_nunez.htmJohn Cabot - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=74
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.html
http://www.mariner.org/education/john-and-sebastian-cabot
http://www.mariner.org/education/john-cabots-voyage
http://www.fact-index.com/j/jo/john_cabot.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot
http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/cabot_john.htmPedro Alvares Cabral - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=60
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabral.shtml
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0809735.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03128a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_CabralJuan Rodriguez Cabrillo - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=69
http://www.nps.gov/cabr/historyculture/juan-rodriguez-cabrillo.htm
http://www2.palomar.edu/users/ddozier/personal_pages/publications/juan_rodriguez_cabrillo.htm
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/cabrillo/cabrillo.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rodriguez_CabrilloJacques Cartier - http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jacques-cartier
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=17
http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/cartier.html
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/exploration/p/jacquescartier.htm
http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/jacques_cartier/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier
Samuel de Champlain - http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/samuel-de-champlain-1604-1616/
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=1
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1600-1650/samuel-de-champlain-voyages-1604.php
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03567a.htm
http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/champlain/
Questions http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/emerson/champlan.htm
http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/dechamplain.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_ChamplainCheng Ho (Zheng He) - http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/chengho.htm
http://sio.midco.net/dansmapstamps/chenghe.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/zhenhe/131897.htm
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=6
http://library.thinkquest.org/20176/chengho.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He
Christopher Columbus -
http://www.history.com/topics/christopher-columbus
http://columbus-day.123holiday.net/christopher_columbus.html
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/columbus/columbus.htm
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1033.html
http://www.biography.com/columbus/
http://www.nndb.com/people/033/000045895/
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
1492: An Ongoing Voyage -
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BroTrue.html
James Cook - http://www.cptcook.com/cookbio.html
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=13
http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/James_Cook/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/e00088.txt
Francisco
Vasquez de Coronado -
http://desertusa.com/mag98/sep/papr/coronado.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=65
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Francisco_Coronado/index.htm
http://www.biography.com/people/francisco-v%C3%A1zquez-de-coronado-9258086
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Coronado
Hernando Cortes - http://web.archive.org/web/20041123083845/http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/texts/mirror/conflict.html
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=34
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04397a.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cortes_hernan.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_flat.html
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Hernan_Cortes/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Cortes
Bartholomew Diaz http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/dias-b.htm
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=59
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias
http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/dias_bartholomeu.htm
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Bartolomeu_Dias.htmlSir Francis Drake http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml
http://www.bruceruiz.net/PanamaHistory/francis_drake.htm
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake
http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/drake_francis.htm
http://www.biography.com/people/francis-drake-9278809
Eric the Red - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817579.html
http://www.enchanted learning.com/explorers/page/e/ericthered.shtml
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Erik_the_Red.html
http://www.suite101.com/content/eric-the-red-a8566
http://www.answers.com/topic/eric-the-red
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red
http://www.greenland.com/en/about-greenland/kultur-sjael/historie/vikingetiden/erik-den-roede.aspx
Leif Ericson (Eriksson) - http://www.mnc.net/norway/Leif.htm
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=10
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Leif_Ericsson/index.htm
http://www.viking.no/e/people/leif/e-leiv.htm
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/leifericson.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_EricsonMartin Frobisher - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=19
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDfrobisher.htm
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MartinFrobisher.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/sir_martin_frobisher.htm
http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/frobisher.html
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frsub05e.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_FrobisherVasco da Gama - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497degama.html
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=5
http://www.nndb.com/people/101/000091825/
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/vasco.html
http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/gama_vasco_da.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_GamaPrince Henry - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=33
http://www.thornr.demon.co.uk/kchrist/phenry.html
http://www.mrdowling.com/610-henry.html
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Henry_the_Navigator/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator
Henry Hudson - http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/
http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/hudson.html
http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?hudson.html
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=15
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs214a,0,5846973.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_HudsonJuan Ponce de Leon - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=66
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12228a.htm
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/whowaspo_bf.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_De_Leon
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm
Alexander Mackenzie from PBS site - http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/mackenzie.html
http://www.amvr.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(explorer)
http://www.canadiana.ca/hbc/person/mackenzie_e.html
http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/british%20america/Mackenzie.html
Ferdinand
Magellan -
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=8
http://www.biography.com/people/ferdinand-magellan-9395202
http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/magellan.htm
http://www.rmg.co.uk/magellan
http://web.archive.org/web/20041021074029/muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/SCHUES01.ART
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm
http://www.mrdowling.com/704-magellan.html
http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Matsumoto/TM30/history/Explorers/fmag.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan
Jacques Marquette - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=53
http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jacques-marquette-1673-1694/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Marquette
http://www.biography.com/people/jacques-marquette-20984755
http://www.greatriverroad.com/pere/marquettebio.htm
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/marquette.cfm
Francisco Pizarro - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=64
http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/pizarro_francisco.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/pizarro/pizarro_flat.html
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/pizarro/pizarro_flat.html
Marco Polo from the Silk Road - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=18
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Marco_Polo/index.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12217a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo
http://geography.about.com/cs/marcopolo/a/marcopolo.htmHernando de Soto - http://www.FloridaHistory.com/inset33.html
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R5.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer)Verrazano - http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs213a,0,5715900.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs213b,0,5781437.story
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R6.html
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/verrazzano.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_da_Verrazano
Amerigo Vespucci - http://www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Vespucci-Amerigo.html
http://geography.about.com/cs/historicalgeog/a/amerigo.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
Vikings
-
http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/viking-explorers
http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/viking-discoveries
http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/viking-ships
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/viking.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/
Viking Site - easy to read -
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/vikings.htm
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking
Viking Links from Mrs. LeDuc:
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/vikings/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/thesis.html
Other Explorer Information/Projects
Interactive Project - "Become A Spice Trader"
http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/spicetrade/Explorers WebQuests:
** http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KingsParkES/technology/t4t/explorers/
** http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/explorers/
** http://www.jenningsk12.net/WE/peimann/socialstudies/Explorers/explorers.html
** http://www.woodford.k12.ky.us/Technology/trt/khogg/Explorers%20Webquest/Explorers.htm
** http://www.education.ucsb.edu/ucsbpt3/afield/teacher_projects/KimC_explorers/index3.htmlAn Adventure to the New World Web Quest http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/newworld/
Learn About Famous Explorers
http://www.42explore2.com/explorers.htm
http://www.42explore2.com/explorers2.htm***Poems about explorers written by Kimball kids in 1999
http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpoe.htm"Contact - Europe and America Meet" Ask Eric - (Josh Gajowski)
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec2/essay02.htmlExplorers' Timeline from Hyperhistory (Josh Gajowski)
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/chart5.htmlPirates - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/
Famous Women Pirates - http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-women-pirates.htm
More Famous Pirates - http://www.teacherfiles.com/4t/famous_pirates_info.htm
Teaching Units for Treasure Island - http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2275.html
http://www.littleblueschool.com/boysbookclub/treasureislandseminar.pdf
Pirates page from CLN - http://www.cln.org/themes/pirates.html
Teacher Lesson Plans:
The Age of Exploration from California History-Social Science Course Models
http://www.history.ctaponline.org/center/hsscm/index.cfm?Page_Key=1318 Websites on Explorers and the Age of Exploration from the
Cumberland AVA Center in Bridgeton, New Jersey
http://www.cumbavac.org/Explorers.htmExplorer Activities from K-8
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/october/explorers.html
Explorers Theme Page from CLN
http://www.cln.org/themes/explorers.htmlExplorer's Log written by Naomi in 2000
http://www.kathimitchell.com/nslog.htmlModern Day explorers, The Handleys, are sailing around the world. Read their daily logs at
http://www.handleysail.comExplorer Poems - http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpoe.htm
orer Poems:
Remember "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue"? I mentioned that line to my students while we were doing explorer reports,
and they assured me they had never heard of it before. So, it made great sense to assign explorer poems.
The plan was to start with 5-10 facts about the explorer from their reports. Then we reviewed simple rhyme schemes and discussed poetic license. The students began their poems in class, and then took them home to share (and revise) with parents.
On to Colonial US History
Back to Social Studies for Kids or
This
page was created by Kathi Mitchell
and was last updated April 5, 2022