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Explorers - 4th Grade

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General Web Links

Mariner Museum's Age of Exploration

 

http://www.mariner.org/education/biographies-explorers-and-associated-people

 

Features many explorer biographies and a timeline. 

 

 

Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons

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

 

ThinkQuest website offering biographies on explorers, information on great expeditions, and reasons for exploration.

 

 

Yahoo Kids! - Explorers

http://www.yahookids.com

 

Links to other explorer websites.

 

 

Library of Congress-Discovery and Exploration

 

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/dsxphome.html

 

The Library of Congress' online exhibition featuring maps and documents from exploration.

 

 

American Journeys

http://www.americanjourneys.org/ 

 

Digital library featuring eyewitness accounts of early American exploration.

 

 

Museum of New France- The Explorers

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers

 

The Museum of New France (in Canada) features information on 19 explorers.

 

 

Discoverer's Web

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

 

 

Explorers A-Z by Eduscapes

http://www.42explore2.com/explorers2.htm

 

Lots of biographies, organized by time period. Use caution- lots of articles do not cite their sources. Most give links to other resources.

 

 

Individual Explorer Links - Remember to evaluate the content before you use it and give credit for the content if you use it.

 

Buzz Aldrin

http://buzzaldrin.com/

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/aldrin-b.html

http://www.astronautscholarship.org/aldrin.html

http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/buzzaldrin.html

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/education/2008/04/careers-in-science-astronaut.html

 

Roald Amundsen

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ice/peopleevents/pandeAMEX87.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/a/amundsen.shtml

http://www.mnc.net/norway/Amundsen.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/arctic/huntford.html

http://www.fram.museum.no/en/default.asp?page=91

 

Neil Armstrong

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html

http://www.astronautix.com/astros/armtrong.htm

http://www.artcom.com/Museums/vs/mr/45895.htm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/03/60minutes/main1008288.shtml

 

William Baffin

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/baffin_william.htm

http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/baffin.htm

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/arctic/explore/baffin.htm

http://www.nndb.com/people/173/000100870/

 

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/balboa.shtml

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02216c.htm

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/vasco-nunez-de-balboa.htm

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

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

 

John Cabot

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/john-cabot.htm

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/cabot.html

http://www.italian-american.com/cab1.htm

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.html

 

Pedro Alvares Cabral

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03128a.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/pedroalvarescabral1.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/navigate_brazil/desobridor.stm

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/pedro-alvares-cabral.htm

 

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo –

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/juan-rodriguez-cabrillo.htm

http://www.nps.gov/archive/cabr/juan.html

http://www.mms.gov/omm/pacific/kids/Cabrillo.htm

https://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/cabrillo/cabrillo.htm

 

Jacques Cartier

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/jacques-cartier.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03392b.htm

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1143.html

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/cartier.html

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/cartier_jaques.htm

http://www.mariner.org/education/french-explorers-cartier-champlain-and-la-salle

 

Samuel de Champlain 

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/champlain.shtml

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03567a.htm

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/samuel-de-champlain.htm

 

Cheng Ho (Zheng He)

http://www.chinapage.com/zhenghe.html

http://www.hist.umn.edu/hist1012/primarysource/zhengbio.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/swimming_dragons.shtml

http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_focus/2005-03/10/content_66905.htm

http://www.mariner.org/education/ancient-world-china

 

Francis Collins

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/collins.html

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/collins.commentary/index.html

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0702/voices.html

http://www.genome.gov/10000779

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/transcripts/collins.html

 

Christopher Columbus

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/christopher-columbus.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/columbus_christopher.shtml

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/columbus.html

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/columbus.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml

http://www.columbusnavigation.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1956026

http://www.mariner.org/education/christopher-columbus

 

James Cook

http://www.mariner.org/education/james-cook

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cook.shtml

http://www.captcook-ne.co.uk/

http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/lucidcafe/library/95oct/jcook.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A289703

 

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado -   

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-vasquez-de-coronado.htm 

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04379e.htm

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/coronado.html

http://www.psi.edu/coronado/

 

Hernando Cortes

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/hernando-cortes.htm

http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/timeline/1.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04397a.htm

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/aztec.html

http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/cortes/

 

Bartolomeu Dias

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775b.htm

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/dias_bartholomeu.htm

http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/geography/geography/discoveries/dias.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/bartolomeudias.html

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/bartholomeu-dias.htm

 

Sir Francis Drake

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/sir-francis-drake.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml

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

http://www.mariner.org/education/francis-drake

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/drake.shtml

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/drake

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/florida/lessons/drake/drake1.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discovering/famous/francis_drake.shtml

 

Amelia Earhart

http://www.ameliaearhart.com/

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq3-1.htm

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/earhart

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/

 

Eric the Red

http://www.mariner.org/education/viking-explorers

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/e/ericthered.shtml

http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=208663

http://famousexplorers.net/page2.html

http://www.aviationhistory.org/ah_Amelia_Earhart.html

 

Leif Ericson (Eriksson)

http://www.mnc.net/norway/LeifErikson.htm

http://www.mariner.org/education/viking-explorers

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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/erikson_leif.shtml

 

Vasco Da Gama

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/vasco-da-gama.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/dagama.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gama_vasco_da.shtml

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/vasco-da-gama

 

Prince Henry the Navigator

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/henry.shtml

http://www.mundi.net/locus/locus_011/

http://explorers.suite101.com/article.cfm/prince_henry_the_navigator

http://www.mariner.org/education/portuguese-explorers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p259.html

 

Matthew Henson

http://www.matthewhenson.org/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/henson.shtml

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0110_030113_henson.html

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/matthew_hensen.html

 

Henry Hudson

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtml

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/henryhudson.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0824435.html

http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/hudson.html

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/topic1.html

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/hudson_henry.htm

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/arctic/explore/hudson.htm

http://www.mariner.org/education/henry-hudson

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/henry-hudson.htm

 

Mary Henrietta Kingsley

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/k/kingsley.shtml

http://www.loe.org/series/discovery_women/kingsley.php

http://www.royalafricansociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=165

http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/p/133.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7144023

 

Robert LaSalle

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09009b.htm

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

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lasalle.shtml

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/giants/lasalle/lasalle-01.html

http://famousamericans.net/robertcavelierlasalle/

 

Juan Ponce de Leon

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/juan-ponce-de-leon.htm

http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/deleon.shtml

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12228a.htm

http://socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/juanponcedeleon.htm

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

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/ponce_juan_de_leon.htm

 

David Livingstone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/livingstone_david.shtml

http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/bliving2.html

http://www.dacb.org/stories/southafrica/livingstone1_david.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/system/topicRoot/Stanley_and_Livingstone/

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/International-Relations/internationaldevelopment/malawi/davidlivingstone

http://www.history.com/expedition/stanley-and-livingstone/

 

Alexander Mackenzie

http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/mackenzie.html

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTFET_E61

http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/person/mackenzie_e.html

http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mackenzie_a.shtml

 

Ferdinand Magellan -       

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/ferdinand-magellan.htm

http://www.mariner.org/education/ferdinand-magellan-and-first-circumnavigation-world

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/magellan

http://www.ferdinandmagellan.com/

 

George (Leigh) Mallory

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/mystery/mallory.html

http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/53.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/02/0202_mallorysearch.html

 

Christa McAuliffe

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcauliffe.html

http://amfcse.org/honor/mcauliffe.htm

http://www.challenger.org/about/history/mcauliffe.cfm

http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/chs/cm_bio.htm

 

Robert Peary

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/peary.shtml

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ice/sfeature/peary.html

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/henson.htm

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Cook-vs-Peary.html

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/text/robert_edwin_peary_text.html

 

Jacques Piccard

http://www.bookrags.com/biography/jacques-piccard/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,445922,00.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/06/switzerland

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/FRANKLIN/IMAGES/NYTIMES/nytimes.html

http://www.bertrandpiccard.com/eng/family3_1.html#

Links : http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/FRANKLIN/HTML/franklin_links.html

 

Francisco Pizarro

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-pizarro.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12140a.htm

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/pizarro_francisco.htm

http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..pi090400.a#FWNE.fw..pi090400.a

 

Marco Polo

http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/marco-polo.htm

http://www.mariner.org/education/age-exploration-introduction

http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12217a.htm

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

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/polo_marco.htm

 

Robert Falcon Scott

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000089.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_robert_falcon.shtml

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/scott.htm

http://www.historynet.com/robert-falcon-scott.htm

http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_robert_scott.htm

 

Ernest Shackleton

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000097.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/shackleton_ernest.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/s/shackleton.shtml

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Ernest%20Shackleton_Nimrod_expedition.htm

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/ernest_shackleton

http://www.shackletonfoundation.org/sf_sirernestshackleton.html

 

Hernando de Soto 

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/hernando-de-soto.htm

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/soto_hernando_de.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04753a.htm

http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/papers/shealer.html

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/LewisandClark/earlierexplorations.htm

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/hernando_de_soto.htm

 

J. Craig Venter

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/venter.html

http://www.jcvi.org/cms/about/bios/jcventer/

http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19328/

https://research.venterinstitute.org/research/

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733754_1735211,00.html

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/99-craig_venter_physiologist_entrepreneur.html

http://www.tigr.org/db.shtml

 

Amerigo Vespucci

http://www.mariner.org/education/ferdinand-magellan-and-first-circumnavigation-world

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/amerigo-vespucci

http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofexplorers/AMERIGOVESPUCCI.ORG/

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0850759.html

 

Giovanni da Verrazzano

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15364a.htm

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

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/giovanni-da-verrazzano.htm

http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/verrazano_giovanni_da.htm

 

Don Walsh

http://explorers.org/about/firsts/firsts_piccard-walsh.php

http://www.mcbi.org/shining_sea/place_wpacific_mariana.htm

http://geology.com/press-release/deepest-part-of-the-ocean/

http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/vessels/submersibles4.htm

http://ussvi.org/mem/submem-7.htm

http://www.auas-nogi.org/bio_walsh_don.html

 

Barbara Washburn

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/washburns.html

http://www.king-albert-foundation.ch/html/winners/94/wasburn_bi.html

 

James (Jim) Larkin White

http://www.epcc.edu/ftp/Homes/monicaw/borderlands/23/Jim%20White.htm

http://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/upload/history_site_bulletin.pdf

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/giant-crystal-cave-3569/cave-crystal-giants-5

http://www.pbs.org/weekendexplorer/newmexico/carlsbad/carlsbad_white.htm

 

Lewis and Clark

http://www.lewis-clark.org/ 

http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95aug/lewis.html 

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/ 

http://www.lewisandclark.org/?p=story&n=expedition

http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/

 

Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09690a.htm

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/diary/marquette_1673.asp

http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofexplorers/jacquesmarquette.net/

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/louis-joliet.htm

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