Early+Explorers

**In our Library:**
920 A - Extraordinary Explorers and Adventurers 920 L - Great Lives: Exploration Ref 920 - Encyclopedia of World Biography 910 - lots of books about the Age of Exploration! 911 - Atlas of Exploration (Info and maps for each explorer) Use other atlases of world history (on the atlas stand) Also check 970.1 (for early exploration of North America)
 * Biographies** of Individual Explorers
 * Cabeza de Vaca ||
 * John Cabot || Jacques Cartier || Samuel de Champlain ||
 * Columbus || Captain James Cook || Hernan Cortes || Hernando De Soto ||
 * Sir Francis Drake || Vasco de Gama || Prince Henry || Henry Hudson ||
 * Ferdinand Magellan || Francisco Pizarro || Ponce de Leon || Sir Walter Raliegh ||
 * Marquette and Joliet || John Smith || Amerigo Vespucci ||  ||
 * Collective Biographies:**
 * Other Non-Fiction**

On the Web:
Vikings: []

[|WorldBook Kids]

[|Zoom Explorers]An "Enchanted Learning Site" Provides brief information on an extensive list of explorers, with links to more information for many of them. This is a good place to begin. Check the alphabetical list, or choose an area of the world or a time period.

[|Discoverers Web]

Find out about all kinds of explorers from all over the world. This site provides links to information about discovers long ago and today. Learn more about the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, and much, much more.

Guided Reading:
Guided Reading Level V 910 - Explorers to the New World Guided Reading Level W 909 - Travels to Distant Lands 1000 - 1400 Guided Reading Level W 909 - Voyages to the Indies 1400 - 1520's Guided Reading Level W 909 - Expeditions in the Americas 1492 - 1700