Exploration and Discovery

How to find information about your explorer
How to use Gale Biography in Context to find information about your explorer

How to Use NoodleBib to Cite Your Sources
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Be careful about websites you find: Vasco Nunez de Balboa ( from All About Explorers)

General Discoverers Web Discoverers Web: North and Central America Exploration and Discovery - from American Memory Library of Congress 1492: an Ongoing Voyage - An Exhibit of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC European Exploration of Southeast and Caribbean Explorers of North America - from Enchanted Learning Spanish Exploration and Conquest of Native America The Mariner's Museum Age of Exploration PBS: Conquistadors You can look up your explorer in Fact Monster - from Information Please You can look up your exploere from The History Channel website Vasco Nunez de Balboa Balboa Reaches Pacific: 1513 (from The WebChronology Project) Discoverers Web: Balboa Balboa (from Enchanted Learning) Biography of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa : Discoverer of the Pacific (by Christopher W. Minster from About.com) John Cabot John & Sebastian Cabot (from the Catholic Encyclopedia) John Cabot: Explorer (from Enchanted Learning) John Cabot's Voyage of 1497 (from Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website) John Cabot's Voyage of 1498 (from Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website) John and Sebastian Cabot (from the Mariner's Museum) Jacque Cartier Discoverers Web: Jacque Cartier Jacques Cartier Biography (from Biography.com) JacqueCartier (from the Mariner's Museum) Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain: Explorer (from Enchanted Learning) Samuel de Champlain's 1607 Map (American treasures from the Library of Congress) Empire of the Bay: Samuel de Champlain (from PBS) Samuel de Champlain (from the Mariners Museum) Christopher Columbus European Voyages of Exploration: Christopher Columbus 1942: An Ongoing Voyage (from the Library of Congress) Christopher Columbus ( from US History.com) Hernando Cortes Hernando Cortes (from the Catholic Encyclopedia) Hernando Cortés (1485-1547) (from BBC) Conquistadors : Cortes (from PBS ) The Conquest of the Aztec Empire: Hernan Cortes Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596) (Fact files from the National Maritime Museum) Sir Francis Drake (from EnchantedLearning) Sir Francis Drake (from the Elizabethan Era) Modern History Sourcebook: Francis Pretty: Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World, 1580 (from Fordham University) Sir Francis Drake (from Biography.com) Leif Ericson (various spellings: Leif Eriksson, Leif Erikson) Leif Ericson Biography (from ODIN) Leif Erikson (from Hyperhistory) In Gale's Biography in Context database, use this spelling:"Leif Eriksson" In EBSCOhost database from EBSCO , use this spelling: "Leif Ericson" BBC - History: Leif Erikson (11th Century) Henry Hudson Henry Hudson (Ian Chadwick's biography of Henry Hudson) Big Apple History: Early New York: Henry Hudson (PBS Kids Go!) The Ship Half Moon: A Replica of the Dutch Ship of Exploration Commanded by Henry Hudson in 1609 (from the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association) Henry Hudson (from Enchanted Learning) Ferdinand Magellan First Circumnavigation of the Globe by Magellan: 1519-1522 (from the Web Chronology Project) Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the World (from the Mariner's Museum) Ferdinand Magellan (from About.com) Ferdinand Magellan (from Elizabethan Era) Francisco Pizarro Conquistadors: Pizarro (from PBS) Francisco Pizarro (from Infoplease) Francisco Pizarro (from Enchanted Learning) The Conquest of the Inca Empire: Francisco Pizarro (from The European Voyages of Exploration) Juan Ponce de Leon Juan Ponce de Leon (A&E Biography Channel) Juan Ponce de Leon ( from the Catholic Encyclopedia) Juan Ponce de LeÓn Biography (from Encyclopedia of World Biography) Some additional explorers: Vasco da Gama BBC - Historic Figures - Vasco da Gama (c. 1460 - 1524) Vasco da Gama (from InfoPlease, a free online encyclopedia) Vasco da Gama ( from The Elizabethan Era ) Giovanni da Verrazano (also sometimes spelled Verrazzano) Giovanni da Verrazano (from the Catholic Encyclopedia) Giovanni da Verrazano (Fact Monster from Information Please) Giovanni da Verrazano (from Discoverers Web) Marco Polo Marco Polo and His Travels (from the Silkroad Foundation) Marco Polo (from Enchanted Learning) Biography of Marco Polo (from About.com) Marco Polo Biography (from A&E)   Return to top of page