Explorers

Discoverers This site gathers all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration.

Discovery and Exploration An American Memory Collection which includes manuscripts and maps.

Explorers Links to many explorers.

Explorers and Voyages Links on this page include many explorers and some links previously described.

Explorers throughout American History  Many, many links to explorer information.

Biographies This site has over 15,000 biographies available.

1492 Library of Congress This site is an exhibit created by the Library of Congress. The exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European
explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600.

Christopher Columbus Extracts from his journal.

Columbus Navigation This site examines the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus.

Compass Information that will help you to learn how to use a compass.

Coronado's Report This is an account given by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado of the April 22, 1540 expedition.

de Champlain This site is an index of some primary sources and transcripts.
 

European Voyages of Exploration This tutorial examines the geographical, technological, economic, political, and cultural patterns of the era.

Fun This site will help you to review information about explorers while having fun.

John Smith The proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia (1612).

Primary Sources Primary web sources on voyages of discovery.

Spain Comes to America  This page, which focuses on one particular lesson, has links to many explorers.