Specific Explorers

William Baffin
    http://www.baughen.demon.co.uk/HallFame.htm#William Baffin
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/baffin_william.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Baffin

Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/balboa.html
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/balboa_vasco_nunez_de.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_Nunez_de_Balboa

Willem Barents (Barentz)
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0806183.html
    http://www.polarconservation.org/education/explorers/willem-barentsz
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/barents_willem.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barents

Ibn Batuta (Buttuta)
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0824828.html
    http://www.ummah.net/history/scholars/ibn_battuta/
    http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Ibn_Battuta/Ibn_Battuta_Rihla.html
    http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/ibn-battuta/1.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta

Vitus Bering
    http://www.nndb.com/people/082/000094797/
     http://profiles.incredible-people.com/vitus-bering/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering
    http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/ak_vjb.htm
    http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/np/pages/vbering.html

Saint Brendan
    http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/brendan.html
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02758c.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Brendan

Cabeza de Vaca  - lots of text - http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/cdv/about/index.html
     PBS site - http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm
     de Vaca short text pages - http://www.vaca.com/cabeza.html
       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabeza_de_Vaca
       http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/cabeza_de_vaca_alvar_nunez.htm

John Cabot - http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.html
     More John Cabot  including a map
       http://www.mariner.org/education/john-and-sebastian-cabot
       http://www.mariner.org/education/john-cabots-voyage
     More John Cabot - http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/cabot.html
     Still more  - http://www.fact-index.com/j/jo/john_cabot.html
       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot
       http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/cabot_john.htm

Pedro Alvares Cabral - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabral.shtml
     More Pedro Cabral from Fact Monster
      http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0809735.html
     Pedro Cabral from The Catholic Encyclopedia
      http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03128a.htm
     Wiki- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo -
    http://www.nps.gov/archive/cabr/juan.html
    http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabrillo.html
    http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/cabrillo/cabrillo.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rodriguez_Cabrillo

Jacques Cartier - http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jacques-cartier
   More - http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/cartier.html
   PBS - http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/cartier.html
   Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier
       
Samuel de Champlain - http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/samuel-de-champlain
    From Revolution to Reconstruction site-
           http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1601-1650/champlain/voyag.htm
    Crossroads - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R7.html
    Samuel de Champlain  - http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm   
    1607 map - Library of Congress
        http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia
           http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03567a.htm
     Questions to answer -  http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/emerson/champlan.htm
    PBS site - http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/dechamplain.html
      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain

Cheng Ho (Zheng He) - http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/chengho.htm
     More Cheng Ho info - http://sio.midco.net/dansmapstamps/chenghe.htm
     Thinkquest page - http://library.thinkquest.org/20176/chengho.htm
     Mariners' Museum - http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/ancient-world-china
     Wiki- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He

                    Christopher Columbus - http://www.columbusnavigation.com/
                          http://columbus-day.123holiday.net/christopher_columbus.html
                          http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/columbus/columbus.htm
                          http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1033.html
                          http://www.biography.com/columbus/
                          http://www.nndb.com/people/033/000045895/
                          http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/christopher-columbus
                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
                          1492: An Ongoing Voyage - http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
                          http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BroTrue.html       

James Cook - http://www.cptcook.com/cookbio.html
    Cook - http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/james-cook
    South Pole http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm
    Glasgow Museum (thanks to Josh Gajowski)
         http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/archive/museum.oldsite/cook/cookBio.html
    CyberSleuth - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/James_Cook/index.htm
    Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook

                    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - http://desertusa.com/mag98/sep/papr/coronado.html
                         More Coronado from PBS - http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
                         Discovery - http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/coronado.html
                         CyberSleuth - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Francisco_Coronado/index.htm 
                         Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Coronado   

Hernando Cortes - http://web.archive.org/web/20041123083845/http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/texts/mirror/conflict.html
      More Cortes - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R2.html
      Catholic Encyclopedia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04397a.htm
      PBS - http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_flat.html
      CyberSleuth - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Hernan_Cortes/index.htm
      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Cortes

Bartholomew Diaz http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/dias-b.htm
      Catholic Encyclopedia New Advent - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775b.htm
      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias
      Pirate King - http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/dias_bartholomeu.htm

Sir Francis Drake  http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/academics/rock/Drake.htm
      http://www.bruceruiz.net/PanamaHistory/francis_drake.htm
      Mariners' Museum - http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/francis-drake
      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake
      Pirate King - http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/drake_francis.htm

Eric the Red - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817579.html
    Enchanted Learning - http://www.enchanted learning.com/explorers/page/e/ericthered.shtml
    Eric the Red - http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Erik_the_Red.html
        http://www.suite101.com/content/eric-the-red-a8566
        http://www.answers.com/topic/eric-the-red
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red

Leif Ericson (Eriksson) - http://www.mnc.net/norway/Leif.htm
    Leif Ericson - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Leif_Ericsson/index.htm
    http://www.viking.no/e/people/leif/e-leiv.htm
    http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/leifericson.htm
    Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericson

Martin Frobisher - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDfrobisher.htm
    http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MartinFrobisher.htm
    http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/sir_martin_frobisher.htm
    PBS - http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/frobisher.html       
    Canadian Civilization - http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frsub05e.shtml
    Wiki -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Frobisher

Vasco da Gama - lots of text http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497degama.html
    http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/explorer_reports/gwen.htm
    http://www.nndb.com/people/101/000091825/
    Vasco da Gama - http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/vasco.html
    Vasco - http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/gama_vasco_da.htm
    Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama

Prince Henry - http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/portuguese-explorers
    Another site -http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/henry.html
    http://www.thornr.demon.co.uk/kchrist/phenry.html
    http://www.mrdowling.com/610-henry.html
    http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Henry_the_Navigator/index.htm
    Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator

Henry Hudson - http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/
     Hudson in Canada - http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/hudson.html
     Cyberhunt about Henry Hudson - http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?hudson.html
     More - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R11.html
     Mariners' Museum - http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/hudson.php
     Newsday - http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs214a,0,5846973.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
     Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson

Juan Ponce de Leon - http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/ponce.html
    More  - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12228a.htm
      More - http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/whowaspo_bf.html
      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_De_Leon

Alexander Mackenzie from PBS site - http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/mackenzie.html
      More - http://www.amvr.org/
      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(explorer)

                    Ferdinand Magellan - http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/ferdinand-magellan-and-first-circumnavigation-world
                          All text but a lot of information -
                              http://web.archive.org/web/20041021074029/muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/SCHUES01.ART
                          More  http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/contentTypeA/conWebDoc/contentId/142
                          Catholic Encyclopedia - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm
                          http://www.mrdowling.com/704-magellan.html
                               http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Matsumoto/TM30/history/Explorers/fmag.html
                          Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan

Jacques Marquette - http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jacques-marquette
                       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Marquette
                       http://www.greatriverroad.com/pere/marquettebio.htm
                       http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/marquette.cfm

Francisco Pizarro -  http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/pizarro_francisco.htm
     More Pizarro - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R3.html
      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro

Marco Polo from the Silk Road - http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml
      CyberSleuth - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Marco_Polo/index.htm
      http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml
      http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12217a.htm
      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo
      http://geography.about.com/cs/marcopolo/a/marcopolo.htm

Hernando de Soto - http://www.FloridaHistory.com/inset33.html
     More DeSoto - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R5.html
     Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer)

                Verrazano - http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs213a,0,5715900.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
                       http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs213b,0,5781437.story
                      More Verrazano-http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R6.html
                       Verrazano from Discoverer's Web - http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/verrazzano.html
                       Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_da_Verrazano

Amerigo Vespucci - http://www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm
        New Advent - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm
        Lots of text about Vespucci -http://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Vespucci-Amerigo.html
        More Text - http://geography.about.com/cs/historicalgeog/a/amerigo.htm
        Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci

                       Vikings  - http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/viking-explorers
                                http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/viking-discoveries
                                http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/viking-ships
                                http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/viking.html
                                      NOVA - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/
                                      Viking Site - easy to read - http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/vikings.htm
                                      More http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
                                      Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking

        Viking Links from Mrs. LeDuc:
            http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/vikings/
            http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/thesis.html

Interactive Project - "Become A Spice Trader"
    http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/spicetrade/

 Explorers WebQuests:  
   ** http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KingsParkES/technology/t4t/explorers/
   ** http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/explorers/
   ** http://www.jenningsk12.net/WE/peimann/socialstudies/Explorers/explorers.html
   ** http://www.woodford.k12.ky.us/Technology/trt/khogg/Explorers%20Webquest/Explorers.htm
   ** http://www.education.ucsb.edu/ucsbpt3/afield/teacher_projects/KimC_explorers/index3.html

An Adventure to the New World Web Quest http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/newworld/

Learn About Famous Explorers
    http://www.42explore2.com/explorers.htm
    http://www.42explore2.com/explorers2.htm

Henry Hudson Online Project - http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?hudson.html

***Poems about explorers written by Kimball kids in 1999
         http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpoe.htm

"Contact - Europe and America Meet" Ask Eric - (Josh Gajowski)
    http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec2/essay02.html

Explorers' Timeline from Hyperhistory (Josh Gajowski)
    http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/chart5.html