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 Early Explorers
Discoverers Web Homepage This is one of the best pages on the web on this subject. Pictures of Discoverers A Discoverers Web page Exploration Station Part of the Discovery School web pages for students Pre-Columbian Exploration of the New World There many have been many here before Columbus St. Brendan - good background Did the Chinese Discover America? - good summary of research with links The Great Chinese Mariner Zheng He [Cheng Ho] - was he the Chinese discoverer - background and links to examine Are We Living in the Land of Fou Seng? - possible Chinese discovery explored The Pre-Columbian Lacquer of West Mexico - discussion of lacquer as possible link to Chinese discovery of America California History: Pre-European Population - more information about possible Chinese discovery of America Pre-Columbian Exploration and Colonization of the New World - Hoei-Shin, The Phoenicians, Brendan, and others are discussed. Getting to the New World - consider the DNA Evidence Leif Erickson - good detail the Vikings: They Got Here First, But Why Didn't they Stay? - From the National Library of Canada The Vikings: North Atlantic Saga - on line exhibit from the Smithsonian On the Trail of the Vikings - possible explanation which included voyage of Bjarni Herjulfsson Viking Ships interesting facts Mariners' Museum Here is great background from the ancients onward. California; PreEuropean Interesting Chinese information included. Exploration of Christopher Columbus Learn about all his voyages. 1492 - An Ongoing Voyage Extensive archive. Christopher Columbus Good background with neat facts about food. Columbus's Lost Ships He lost nine, do you know where? The Columbus Letter announcing his success to the Islands of the India Sea How America Got Its Name the true story Native American Conquest Covers the Conquistadors Explorers of the Northwest - many lesser known people are included Hall of Explorers brief biographies of the old and new explorers Zoom Explorers Brief biographies by time period or alphabetically Voyabe of Exploration a great Thinquest site Amerigo Vespucci brief but good background John Cabot Good background and links. John Cabot Very well done Hernando Desoto Comprehensive coverage. Sir Francis Drake there is much here. Henry Hudson Check out this six part data collection. Empire of the Bay Learn about the merchants and Explorers of the Hudson Bay Company Canada Hall Learn about the early history of Canada. Explorations of the Northwest Passage information about the early to to more modern explorers Explorers of North America games to check your knowledge Zoom Explorers brief background on explorers old and new Mariner's Museum information on old and new explorers that is excellent Voyages of Discovery about James Cook Web de Anza Spanish exploration and colonization of California The Incas and Conquistadors explorations of Pizzarro and more Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier excellent visuals Early Explorers a fun way to check your knowledge Explorers of North America another test in game format Home / Geography / US History / Reference / Current Events / Language Arts
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