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
         For access from home, use the login and password given at school.

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 (selectLevel 2 for more detail)
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 (select Level 2 for more detail)
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 (select Level 2 for more detail)
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 (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Cartier
About.com: Jacques Cartier
History.com: Jacques Cartier

Bartolomeu Dias
BRITANNICA: Dias  (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Dias
History.com: Bartolomeu Dias

Sir Francis Drake
BRITANNICA: Drake  (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Drake
History.com: Sir Frances Drake

Vasco da Gama
BRITANNICA: Da Gama  (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Da Gama
History.com: Vasco da Gama

Henry Hudson
BRITANNICA: Hudson (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Hudson
History.com: Henry Hudson

Robert Cavalier de la Salle
BRITANNICA: De La Salle (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: De La Salle
About.com: Biography of Explorer Robert Cavalier de La Salle

Juan Ponce de Leon
BRITANNICA: De Leon  (select Level 2 for more detail)
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  (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Magellan
About.com: Biography of Ferdinand Magellan
History.com: Ferdinand Magellan

Francisco Pizarro
BRITANNICA: Pizarro  (select Level 2 for more detail)
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  (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Marco Polo 
About.com: Biography of Marco Polo
History.com: Marco Polo
Marco Polo's Asia
Map of Marco Polo's Journey

Hernando de Soto
BRITANNICA: De Soto  (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: De Soto
History.com: Hernando de Soto

Amerigo Vespucci
BRITANNICA: Vespucci  (select Level 2 for more detail)
SCHOLASTIC GO!: Vespucci
About.com: Amerigo Vespucci
History.com: Amerigo Vespucci