- Alonso
de Ojeda, the Explorer - Excerpt from a 19th century history text
tells the story of this Spanish explorer of North America.
- Australian
Explorers - Provides detailed accounts of the men who explored and
mapped the continent of Austrailia. Designed especially for elementary
school students.
- Discoverers
Web- This site is not well organized, but if you are looking for
a great variety of information on specific explorers it can be helpful.
- Discoverers
Web: Alphabetical List - Links to information on the lives of dozens
of explorers.
- The Electronic
Passport to David Livingstone - Short, illustrated biography created
for middle school students.
- Explorer
Poems - A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the
lives of famous explorers.
- Explorers:
Can You Identify Them? - Slide show includes facts about the lives
of more than two dozen explorers.
- Explorers of the Millennium
- Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
- Famous Hispanics:
Vasco Núñez de Balboa - Short biography of the first European to
see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
- Forbidden
Territory @ nationalgeographic.com - A glimpse into the lives of
African explorers David Livingstone and Henry Morten Stanley.
- 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.
- New
World Explorers - A fifth grade class relates the stories of the
men who discovered the New World.
- 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.
- Ships of Discovery-
Study the ships that made it to undiscovered territory and those that
didn't make it.
- Taking on the World:
European Explorers - Features short biographies of the best-known
European explorers.
- 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.
- Who
Was Ponce de Leon? - A biography of the Spanish explorer of the
New World
- Zoom Explorers
- Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and
skies.
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