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Explorers
1492 : An Ongoing Voyage - http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html

This online exhibition from the Library of Congress examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600.

All About Explorers -http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/index.html

Contains information about several explorers as well as a web quest and teacher information

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

Links to information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration. Includes an alphabetical list of explorers.

Explorers of North America - http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/passages/h8-247-e.html

This site contains information about many explorers of North America

Age of Exploration - http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/intro.php

Gives specific information about a number of maritime explorers

Ian Chadwick's Biography of Henry Hudson - http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/

This site gives an extensive six -part biography of Hudson.

Explorers of the Millennium - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/hall_of_fame.html

This site gives information about many different explorers who explored throughout the last millennium.

Prince Henry the Navigator - http://www.mrdowling.com/610-henry.html

This site gives brief information about Prince Henry's influence on the discovery of Africa by Europeans.

Samuel Champlain - http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm

This site gives information about the explorations of Samuel de Champlain.

Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons - http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=explorers/database&type=name

"Voyages of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons" follows in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorers, reliving their adventurous expeditions into the unknown.