Explorer Resources

 

Online Encyclopedias: (Try these first)
Scholastic Go! Encyclopedia
         For access from home, use the login and password given at school.
Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Helpful for Almost Every Explorer:
Zoom Explorers (search by last name)
Duckster's Explorers
Mr. Nussbaum's Explorer Profiles
The Mariner's Museum
Biography.com

Individual Explorers:.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
BRITANNICA: Balboa
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Balboa
About.com: Biography of Vaco Nunez de Balboa
History.com: Vasco Nunez de Balboa
A Biography of Balboa 

Christopher Columbus
BRITANNICA: Christopher Columbus
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Columbus
About.com: 10 Facts About Christopher Columbus
History.com: Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus Journal Entries
Christopher Columbus Letter to the King and Queen

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
BRITANNICA: Coronado
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Coronado
History.com: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
PBS Biography: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
PBS: Coronado Report to the King in 1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Jacques Cartier
BRITANNICA: Cartier
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Cartier
About.com: Jacques Cartier
History.com: Jacques Cartier

Bartolomeu Dias
BRITANNICA: Dias
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Dias
History.com: Bartolomeu Dias

Sir Francis Drake
BRITANNICA: Drake
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Drake
History.com: Sir Frances Drake

Vasco da Gama
BRITANNICA: Da Gama
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Da Gama
History.com: Vasco da Gama

Henry Hudson
BRITANNICA: Hudson
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Hudson
History.com: Henry Hudson

Robert Cavalier de la Salle
BRITANNICA: De La Salle
SCHOLASTIC GO!: De La Salle
About.com: Biography of Explorer Robert Cavalier de La Salle

Ponce de Leon
BRITANNICA: De Leon
SCHOLASTIC GO!: De Leon
About.com: Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth
History.com: Ponce de Leon 
Find out about Leon's sad death!

Ferdinand Magellan
BRITANNICA: Magellan
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Magellan
About.com: Biography of Ferdinand Magellan
History.com: Ferdinand Magellan

Francisco Pizarro
BRITANNICA: Pizarro
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Pizarro
About.com: Biography of Francisco Pizarro
About.com: 10 Facts About Francisco Pizarro 
History.com: Francisco Pizarro
PBS: Conquest of the Incas

Marco Polo
KIDS DISCOVER: MARCO POLO
BRITANNICA: Marco Polo
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Marco Polo 
About.com: Biography of Marco Polo
History.com: Marco Polo
Marco Polos background, maps and accomplishments
Marco Polo's Asia
Map of Marco Polo's Journey

Hernando de Soto
BRITANNICA: De Soto
SCHOLASTIC GO!: De Soto
History.com: Hernando de Soto

Amerigo Vespucci
BRITANNICA: Vespucci
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Vespucci
About.com: Amerigo Vespucci
History.com: Amerigo Vespucci