Explorers Biography People and Society
Explorers Biography People and Society
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Top: Kids and Teens: People and Society: Biography: Explorers
- Drake, Francis
- Cortez, Hernando
- Cook, James
- Champlain, Samuel de
- Raleigh, Walter
- Peary, Robert
- de Soto, Hernando
- Ponce de León, Juan
- Henry the Navigator
- Lewis and Clark
- France@
- Polo, Marco
- Vespucci, Amerigo
- Cartier, Jacques
- United Kingdom@
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- Jolliet, Louis
- Hudson, Henry
- Livingstone, David
- Spain@
- Henson, Matthew
- Ericson, Leif
- Portugal@
- United States@
- Da Gama, Vasco
- Columbus, Christopher
- Italy@
- Byrd, Richard
- Magellan, Ferdinand
- Cabot, John and Sebastian
- Marquette, Jacques
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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.
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Australian Explorers - Provides detailed accounts of men who explored and mapped the continent of Australia. Designed especially for elementary school students.
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Boldly Onward - Online book by Lindsey Williams explores the South Florida history of the conquistadors Hernando De Soto, Ponce De Leon, and Panfilo de Narvaez, where they landed, where they explored, and their adventures.
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Zoom Explorers - Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.
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Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World - Recounts the stories of famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers.
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Sheldrake the Beneficent - A summary of the life and achievements of this explorer who discovered much of the Great Lakes region.
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Vitus Jonassen Bering - Contributed to the discovery of Alaska by mapping the Coastline in two large Expeditions, together with scientist Georg Wilhelm Steller who recorded the journey.
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Taking on the World: European Explorers - Features short biographies of the best-known European explorers.
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Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List - Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.
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Famous Hispanics: Vasco Núñez de Balboa - Short biography of the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
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Alonso de Ojeda - Give a brief history and pictures of this Spanish Conquistador and explorer of the Americas.
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My Hero: Explorers - Short student-friendly biographies of 10 men and women who ventured into new worlds during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Captain George Vancouver - Biography of English captain George Vancouver and his exploration of the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States.
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Virtual Museum of New France - The Explorers - Brief biographies of 19 famous explorers of Canada.
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Explorers of the Millennium - Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
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Explorers - Information on explorers with activities and quizzes. Provided by Mountain City Elementary School, Tennessee.
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You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer - Interactive site describing Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
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Explorer Poems - A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers.
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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.
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Conquistadors - Share the adventures of Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Fracisco de Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca as series host Michael Wood retraces their journeys in modern-day South America and the southern United States.
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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.
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