Vasco Núñez
de Balboa
1. Vasco Núñez de Balboa ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who
Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
2. Discoverers Web: Vasco Nunez de Balboa ­ summary of this
explorers adventures in the Americas.
3. Vasco Nunez de Balboa ­ biography from the Hispanos
Famosos site.
4. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa from Catholic Encyclopedia
5. Vasco Nunez de Balboa by Heritage History
John Cabot
1. John Cabot ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes There:
European Exploration of the New World
2. John & Sebastian Cabot from Catholic Encyclopedia
3. John Cabot: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage ­ read
up on the voyages of this mysterious European explorer at this
Canadian Heritage site.
4. John Cabot: Voyage to North America, 1497 from the
Fordham University Modern History Sourcebook.
Jacques
Cartier
1. Jacques Cartier from the Discoverer's Web
2. Jaques Cartier ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes There:
European Exploration of the New World
3. Jacques Cartier from Catholic Encyclopedia
Samuel de
Champlain
1. Samuel Champlain ­ a biography from Blu Pete in Nova Scotia.
2. Champlain's 1607 Map of the east coast of North America from
the Library of Congress.
3. Samuel de Champlain from Catholic Encyclopedia
4. Samuel de Champlain from the Hall of Explorers
5. Samuel de Champlain from Blupete's Nova Scotia History
Page
Christopher
Columbus
1. 1492 Exhibit from the Library of Congress
2. Christopher Columbus ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes
There: European Exploration of the New World
3. Christopher Columbus from Catholic Encyclopedia
4. Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Empire from the
Department of History, The University of Calgary
5. Columbus' Letter to the King and Queen of Spain, 1494 ­
letter Columbus wrote about the proposed colonization of the
islands he had found on his 1492 mission. From the Medieval
Sourcebook.
6. Extracts from Columbus' Journal ­ read entries from his
journal during the voyage of 1492. From the Medieval
Sourcebook.
7. Christopher Columbus: Internet Resources for His Life and
Times ­ from The Franciscan Archive.
8. Just Where Was Columbus? Pinpointing the explorer's
whereabouts on October 12, 1492
9. Looks Are Deceiving: the Portraits of Christopher
Columbus No portraits are known to have been made of
Columbus when he was alive. So what did he look like?
10. Columbus in American History from University of Virginia
James Cook
1. James Cook from the LucidCafé Library
2. The First British Ship on the NW Coast includes journal
excerpts.
Francisco
Coronado
1. Francisco Vásquez de Coronado from the Discoverer's Web
2. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado from the PBS companion
site to the series The West.
3. Map of Coronado's Journey from the National Parks Service
collection at the University of Texas.
4. Coronado from Desert USA magazine online.
5. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado from the Thinkquest site :
Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
6. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado from Catholic Encyclopedia
7. The Conquest of North America by Florida History
Hernan
Cortés
1. An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico from the
Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham University,
New York
2. Hernando Cortez ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes
There: European Exploration of the New World
3. Hernando Cortés from Catholic Encyclopedia
4. Letters on the Texas Explorers: Cortez at Rice University
Sir Francis
Drake
1. Sir Francis Drake Articles by Oliver Seeler, a writer and
amateur historian living on the Mendocino Coast of California.
Includes A Very Basic Biographical Sketch of Francis Drake
as well as details of his explorations.
2. Sir Francis Drake ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes
There: European Exploration of the New World
3. Drake from a British adventure tour company
4. Francis Drake: The Voyage A Synopsis of the
Circumnavigation adapted from my forthcoming book Francis
Drake in Nova Albion ­ The Mystery Restored by Oliver Seeler.
5. Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind Info on his
exploration and piracy.
6. Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World,
1580 from the Fordham University Modern History
Sourcebook
Leif Erikson
1. Project Leif 2000 Celebration of the exploration of North
America by Leif Erikson in the 1000 A.D. Presented by the
government of Greenland.
2. Leif Ericsson A biography from the Viking Network in Norway.
3. Leif Ericson: Columbus' Predecessor by Nearly 500 Years
4. Leif Erikson A High School student report
5. Who Really Discovered America, Eh? From a humorous, but
informative speech by Ronald Swearinger, a (half Norwegian)
judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
6. Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga from Smithsonian Vikings
Vasco da
Gama
1. Vasco da Gama from the Catholic Encyclopedia
2. Vasco da Gama Short Article & map.
Henry the
Navigator
1. Henry the Navigator – by ThinkQuest
2. Prince Henry the Navigator – by PBS
3. Prince Henry the Navigator – from Heritage History
Henry
Hudson
1. Half Moon ­ Henry Hudson's ship
2. Henry Hudson an extensive biography by Ian Chadwick
3. Henry Hudson: An Englishman in Dutch Service ­ brief
biography of this explorer who unsuccessfully searched for a
western passage to the East Indies.
4. Henry Hudson by All About Explorers
5. Henry Hudson by PBS Kids: Big Apple History
6. Henry Hudson & His Crew Sailed into the River that Would
Bear His Name by America’s Story from America’s Library
Bartolomeu
Dias
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4.
Bartolomeu Dias from Wikipedia
Bartolomeu Dias from Biography
Bartolomeu Dias from The Pirate King
Bartolomew Dias from South African History Online
Robert de La
Salle
1. René­Robert­Cavelier Sieur de La Salle from the Catholic
Encyclopedia
2. Rene­Robert de La Salle ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who
Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
Exploration of the New World
3. LaSalle from Rice University
4. NOVA: Voyage of Doom ­ explores French explorer Robert
Cavelier Sieur de La Salle's ship, La Belle, which sank off
the coast of Texas in 1686, and the artifacts it held, and also
examines ownership issues of sunken ships.
Meriwether
Lewis &
William Clark
1. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery –
Ferdinand
Magellan
1. Ferdinand Magellan ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes
Louis Joliet
& Jacques
Marquette
1. Father Jacques Marquette ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who
Francisco
Pizarro
1. The Search for Inca Gold a virtual expedition from Ecuador
Marco Polo
1. Marco Polo from the Catholic Encyclopedia
2. Marco Polo Never Saw China, New Book Claims ­ from USA
Today Books.
3. Marco Polo: On the Tartars ­ from the Medieval Sourcebook.
4. Marco Polo: The Glories Of Kinsay ­ from the Medieval
from PBS
2. Lewis & Clark: From the Plains to the Pacific – from the
National Park Service
3. Discovering Lewis & Clark – from the Fort Mandan
Foundation
4. Lewis & Clark: The Maps of Exploration – by University of
Virginia Library
There: European Exploration of the New World
2. Ferdinand Magellan from Catholic Encyclopedia
3. Magellan's Voyage Round the World, 1519­1522 CE ­ from
the Fordham University Modern History Sourcebook.
Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
2. Jacques Marquette, S.J from the Catholic Encyclopedia
3. Louis Jolliet ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes There:
European Exploration of the New World
4. Louis Joliet from the Catholic Encyclopedia
Explorer
2. Francisco Pizarro ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes
There: European Exploration of the New World
3. Francisco Pizarro from the Catholic Encyclopedia
4. Francisco Pizarro by Heritage History
Sourcebook
Juan Ponce
de Leon
1. Juan Poncé de Léon ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes
Sir Walter
Raleigh
1. Raleigh, Sir Walter ­ learn about this Renaissance man and
poet.
2. Ralegh, Walter Sir (1552­1618) ­ life, works, images and
There: European Exploration of the New World
2. Juan Poncé de Leon from the Catholic Encyclopedia
essays.
3. The Discovery of Guiana, 1595 ­ from the Modern History
Sourcebook.
4. Who2 Profile: Sir Walter Raleigh ­ about one of the grand
scalawags of the Elizabethan Age. Includes related links
and vital stats.
John Smith
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4.
Captain John Smith – from Colonial Williamsburg
Captain John Smith – from Historic Jamestowne
Captain John Smith – from TIME Magazine
Captain John Smith is Saved By Pocahontas – from
Eyewitness to History
Hernando de
Soto
1. de Soto from Rice University
2. Spanish Exploration and Conquest by a Hillsborough, Florida
CC history prof.
3. Hernando de Soto 1947 version of DeSoto's journeys from the
Florida history site
4. Hernando de Soto ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes
There: European Exploration of the New World
5. Hernando De Soto from the Catholic Encyclopedia
6. DeSoto's Trail thru the Southeast ­ includes information on
Georgia's exploration and conquest by Hernando de Soto, 16th
Century.
7. Hernando de Soto: A Savage Quest in the Americas ­
excerpt of the book by David Ewing Duncan.
8. Hernando DeSoto's Trails Through North America ­ with a
new theory about his route and a description of the
consequences for the natives.
9. Hernande de Soto by Heritage History
Edward
Teach (a.k.a.
Blackbeard)
1. Edward Teach – from The Pirate King
2. Blackbeard’s Ship Confirmed Off North Carolina – by
National Geographic
3. Blackbeard: Pirate Terror at Sea – by National Geographic
4. Edward Teach – from Charleston Pirates
Cabeza de
Vaca
1. Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca biography from the PBS series
"The West"
2. The Journey of Cabeza de Vaca The route shown is
conjectural, based on Cabeza's own account of his journey ­
from the PBS series "The West"
3. Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca from the Catholic Encyclopedia
4. Cabeza de Vaca from the Florida History site
5. The Conquest of North America by Florida History
Gianni de
Verrazano
1. Giovanni Da Verrazzano – from the Italian Historical Society
2. Giovanni Da Verrazzano – by Elizabethan Era
3. Giovanni Da Verrazzano – by Biography
Amerigo
Vespucci
1. Amerigo Vespucci ­ from the Thinkquest site : Who Goes
There: European Exploration of the New World
2. Amerigo Vespucci from the Catholic Encyclopedia