English Explorers top

John Cabot

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497cabot-3docs.html

http://etext.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH33/croxto33.html 

http://www.wordplay.com/gullages/cabot.html 

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/cabot.html 

Sir Francis Drake 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1580Pretty-drake.html

French Explorers top

Jacques Cartier

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cartier.html

www.mariner.org/age/cartier.htmlScroll to the bottom of the page for the resource links.

Samuel de Champlain 

http://www.mariner.org/search/node/Samuel%20de%20ChamplainScroll to the bottom of the page for the resource links.

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/champlain.html 

Portuguese Explorers top

Ferdinand Magellan 

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm  
http://www.mariner.org/search/node/magellanScroll to the bottom of the page for the resource links.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1519magellan.html 

Vasco da Gama

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06374a.htm

http://www.mariner.org/search/node/vasco%20da%20gamaScroll to the bottom of the page for the resource links.

Spanish Explorers top

Christopher Columbus 

http://www.mariner.org/search/node/Christopher%20ColumbusScroll to the bottom of the page for the resource links.

Juan Ponce de Leon 

  http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm

http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm

Amerigo Vespucci

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html 

Dutch Explorerstop    

Henry Hudson

http://www.mariner.org/search/node/henry%20hudsonScroll to the bottom of the page for the resource links.

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/newnetherlands/nl1.htm

Viking Explorers top

Leif Eriksson

http://www.greenland-guide.gl/leif2000/

http://www.mnc.net/norway/Leif.htm

http://www.mnc.net/norway/ericson.htm

Additional Resourcestop

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr22.html#trr009

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Subject/Exploration/Explorers 

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/index.html 

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