Explorers

Afonso de Albuquerque - Portugal - 1453-1515

Sir Francis Drake - England - 1577

Enchanted Learning Site - brief bio and map
Brief Bio
Encyclopaedia Britannica

National Maritime Museum
Sir Francis Drake - focused on Sir Francis Drake, and in particular on his "Famous Voyage" - the circumnavigation of the world in the sixteenth century, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth - many links
Enchanted Learning
World Book

Vasco Núñez de Balboa - Spain - 1513

Henry Hudson - 1607

World Book - good bio and map
Think Quest
Hispanos Famosos
Discoverer's Web

Enchanted Learning Site
u.s.history.com - biography
An Englishman in Dutch Service
PBS - Henry Hudson
World Book

John Cabot - England - 1497

Ferdinand Magellan - Portugal - 1520

Enchanted Learning - John Cabot the Explorer
The Mariner's Museum - John and Sebastian Cabot
The Matthew of Bristol Site
National Maritime Museum
World Book

National Maritime Museum
Modern History Sourcebook
Cybersleuth - A comprehensive educational directory that provides a wide variety of resources on Ferdinand Magellan
World Book
ThinkQuest

Pedralvarez Cabral - Portugal - 1500

Francisco Pizarro - Spain - 1500

Enchanted Learning
Catholic Encyclopedia entry
NationMaster Encyclopedia

PBS - Conquest of the Incas - Pizarro
The Euroopean Voyages of Exploration
World Book
ThinkQuest

Jacques Cartier - 1540

Marco Polo

Discoverer's Web
The Virtual Museum of New-France
Jacques Cartier - Expolorer of the St. Lawrence
World Book

The Silk Road
Marco Polo's Asia
Catholic Encyclopedia
Metropolitan Museum of Art On-Line Exhibit

Christopher Columbus - Spain - 1492

Prince Henry the Navigator

National Maritime Museum
The Columbus Navigation Home Page
Article Reprint from Encarta Encyclopedia
World Book
ThinkQuest

Discoverer's Web
Prince Henry the Navigator
Catholic Encyclopedia

Hernando Cortes- Spain - 1500

Amerigo Vespucci - 1500

PBS - Cortes
Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Hernando Cortes on the Web - Links to 165 sites about Cortes
World Book

Modern History Sourcebook
The Explorer for Whom America Was Named
Catholic Encyclopedia
World Book
ThinkQuest

Vasco DaGama - Portugal - 1497

Giovanni da Verrazano - 1524

Modern History Sourcebook
Enchanted Learning
BBC History
World Book

World Book
Biography and overview
Italian History
U.S.History.com

DeSoto - 1540

Zheng He (Cheng Ho) - 1371 - 1433

World Book
ThinkQuest
Florida History
DeSoto's Georgia Trails

Chinapage - more links on bottom of page
answers.com
Hyperhistory
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Bartolomeu Diaz - Portugal - 1487

General Sites

Catholic Encyclopedia
Enchanted Learning
Portuguese Explorers

World Book - good history of many explorers and an overview of exploration
The Mariner's Museum
Great Links to Many Sites - check out the Library of Congress site, the first link on the page