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  1. Peary & Henson: The Race to the North Pole (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by Baron Bedesky, 2006-04-30
  2. Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World (Explorers of the New World) by Carole S. Gallagher, 2000-01
  3. Explorers: From Columbus to Armstrong (Famous Lives) by Felicity Everett, 1991-08
  4. La Salle (Famous Explorers) by Jeff Donaldson-Forbes, 2002-08
  5. The Discoverers (The Living Past) by Neil Grant, 1979-12
  6. Extraordinary Women Explorers (Women's Hall of Fame Series) by Frances Rooney, 2005-01-01
  7. David Livingstone: Missionary and discoverer by Jabez Marrat, 1877
  8. History Makers - Polar Explorers by Stephen Currie, 2002-03-06
  9. The discoverer: A new narrative of the life and hazardous adventures of the Genoese, Christopher Columbus, by André de Hevesy, 1928
  10. Columbus: Discoverer of the New World (We the People) by Dan Zadra, John Keely, 1988-02
  11. Radisson & des Groseilliers: Fur Traders of the North (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by Katharine Bailey, 2006-04-30
  12. Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson (Photobiographies) by Dolores Johnson, 2007-12-26
  13. Hernando De Soto and the Exploration of Florida (Explorers of the New World) by Jim Gallagher, 2000-01
  14. Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac: French Settlements at Detroit And Louisiana (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by Anders Knudsen, 2006-10-30

81. SearchUK - Finds It Fast!
discoverers Web Alphabetical List Links to information on the explorers of theMillennium - Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great
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Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List
- Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.
Explorer Poems
- A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers.
Explorers of the Millennium
- Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons
- Leads visitors on a journey through the past centuries looking at the explorers, the dangers they faced, where they went, and their motivations for exploration. In English and Dutch.
Zoom Explorers
- Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.
Pomp - The True Story of the Baby on the Sacagawea Dollar
- This e-book tells the story of the baby born on the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition who would grow up to explore the American West.
MMBC Exploration: Explorer Biographies
- Brief biographies and portraits of Europeans who explored the Northwest coast.
Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
- Recounts the stories of famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers.
Taking on the World: European Explorers
- Features short biographies of the best-known European explorers.

82. TechLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource For Education Technology
history teachers teach about the famous explorers or discoverers. There is an alphabeticallisting of explorers. Students will find plenty of biographies, too.
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Name: Discoverers Web What's at the Site:
Discoverer's Web has an overwhelming number of links and information about discovery, voyages, and exploration, making it invaluable for student research and teaching lessons. How to use the site:
Most social studies or history teachers teach about the famous explorers or discoverers. With Discoverer's Web home page, you'll never have to rely on just a few pages per explorer. There is an alphabetical listing of Explorers. Primary and secondary sources will keep students digging for more information. Diaries and journals bring the history to life. An example of this is a Donner Party member's diary. Students will find plenty of biographies, too. Students will learn the reasons for exploration, and the use of timelines. Teachers and students can be freely copy from the site by following some basic rules.

83. Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List
Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.Category Kids and Teens People and Society Biography explorers...... X. St. Franciscus Xavier See The Portuguese Empire Xenophon See Greek explorersXuan Zang The Legend of Monkey King Y. Back to the discoverers Web homepage
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html
Discoverers by alphabet
This page is part of the Discoverers Web A B C ... Z
A-S
These have now been moved to separate, enhanced pages. Use the list above to go there. I intend through time to do so with the whole alphabet.
T
Tafa'i
Abel Janszoon Tasman
Alternative sites:
Het Abel Tasman Kabinet (in Dutch)
site in Dutch
Pinkerton: Early Australian voyages
Pedro de Teixeira
alternative site ... in French
Thorstein Eriksson: See Irish and Vikings
Henri de Tonti (in French)
alternative site
Luis Vaez de Torres
The coast of Africa
Pierre de Troyes
U
Gunnbjorn Ulfsson: see Irish and Vikings
alternative site
site in German
Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville (in French)
alternative site
V
Cayetano Valdes
George Vancouver
alternative site
Ludovico di Varthema (see also The Portuguese Empire
alternative site (in French)
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Amerigo Vespucci
by German Arciniegas
by Jeffrey Butch (undergraduate paper)
by James Canaday (undergraduate paper)
by Ethel Carrillo (in Spanish)
by Jonathan Cohen
by the Encyclopedia Britannica (in German)
by Jennifer Jury (undergraduate paper)
by mining.co

84. Education World ® - Curriculum: Across The Sea: Europeans Explore The New World
pages include individual sites containing the biographies of explorers such Discoverersby Alphabet, an alphabetical listing of hundreds of explorers.
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr095.shtml

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Across the Sea: Europeans Explore the New World
Looking for information and activities about the intrepid adventurers who first voyaged to the New World? Check out these Internet sites and help your students explore the earliest explorers.
WHY, OH WHY, EXPLORE THE EXPLORERS?
Begin your voyage with a visit to Explorers of the World , part of the Bellingham (Washington) Schools' Web site, which asks the question "What kinds of people chose a life of exploration, challenge, and discovery?" Click on the question and then share with your students the 10 Characteristics of the Achieving Personality that comprise the answer. How many of those characteristics focus, preparedness, conviction, perseverance, creativity, curiosity, resilience, risk taking, independence, and a sense of higher purpose did the early explorers exhibit? How many of those traits are shared by your students? They'll be fascinated, and hopefully inspired, as they find out. This site also provides information about some early European explorers. Click Land to find that information.

85. Fremont Public Library
Today J920 BIO (Reference 8 Volumes); The Groiler Library of Science BiographiesJ920.5 GRO (Reference - 10 Volumes); explorers and discoverers J920.39 PEA
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    REF J 920.922 WAL, Who Was Who in World Exploration. REF J 920.922 WOR, World Explorersand discoverers. REF J 973.2 SAA, Colonial America biographies.
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    87. SocialStudies
    Statue of Liberty National Monument explorers and discoverers; Biographiesof explorers; discoverers' Web; explorers of the Millennium
    http://www.silverlake.mec.edu/jhlib/SocialStudies.htm
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    88. ThinkQuest Library Of Entries
    and Baker, Daniel B. Vasco Nunez de Balboa. explorers discoverers From Alexander Biographiesof explorers and Associated People. The Age of Exploration
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    Site Desciption Why did Europeans explore during the Age of Exploration in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries? Find out when you join our voyage of exploration along with famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers. Hear them tell their stories through interviews, autobiographies, biographies, and journals. It's an exciting way to learn about famous explorers, very different from your social studies textbook.

    89. Social Studies Links
    Age of Discovery from Ohio State Education Dept; biographies of explorers andDiscoverers - From Study Web scroll down to People Places then click on
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    90. Pathfinder For Children's Authors
    discoverers Web explorers who died on their voyages This site gives you the explorersBiographies - This is a list of explorers and a couple sentences about
    http://www.msd.k12.or.us/schools/wascher/Staff/miller/path_explorers.htm
    P a t h f i n d e r for Explorers
    This pathfinder will help you find information about your explorer on the Internet, in the Wascher Library, and using Online Resources. You may search as many places as necessary to gather information for your research.
    Wascher Library Resources
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    Keywords
    Great Explorers
    Explorers of America
    Exploration
    Discovery and Exploration
    Specific Names of Explorers
    If using an encyclopedia you will need to look up your explorer by his/her last name.
    Example: Columbus , Christopher
    Wascher Library Resources
    Individual Explorer Books Title Author Call Number Hispanic Americans Yoder, Carolyn 325 YOD Rivers Markham, Lois 551.48 MAR Arctic Expedition Salisbury, Mike 574.5 SAL Undersea Mission Jensen, Antony 574.5 JEN The Amazon Trail Grand Teton National Park Petersen, David 917.9 PET Women Explorers in Africa McLoone, Margo

    91. Homework Center - Explorers
    The Multnomah County Library Homework Center organizes over 3500 carefully reviewed K12 education and homework help resources for students, teachers, media specialists, and librarians.
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    Age of Exploration (13th - 16th century)
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    The European Voyages of Exploration: 15th and 16th Centuries
    http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/
    An overview of European exploration and colonization around the world.
    Explorers of Australia
    http://isl.ira.uka.de/~westphal/australia/explore/
    Brief biographies of explorers of Australia including sketched portraits.
    A History of the Northwest Coast
    http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
    A brief history of the first explorers, pioneers and traders of the Northwest coast.
    Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons
    http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/?tqskip=1
    Discover the dangers that faced explorers of the past, how they survived, where the went, and why. Requires Flash plug-in.
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    [Alexander the Great]
    Alexander the Great
    http://www.1stmuse.com/alex3/alex-synopsys.html
    Detailed information about the famous leader of Greece in the fourth century BC.

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    93. Joseph D'Aquanni West Road Intermediate School - Library Web Page
    Understanding the Universe. BLACK HISTORY MONTH/biographies. Black History MonthResources and biographies. biographies of Great AfricanAmericans. CANADA.
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    The Story of Clocks and Calendars
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    94. Links
    Mr. K's Links. Colonial Williamsburg A History of The US (Easy to read,lots of info.) Information about the 50 States History Place
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