Early Explorers

Early Explorers

In our Library:

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:
920 A - Extraordinary Explorers and Adventurers
920 L - Great Lives: Exploration
Ref 920 - Encyclopedia of World Biography
Other Non-Fiction
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)

On the Web:

Vikings: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/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

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