Specific Explorers

William Baffin
    http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=38
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/baffin_william.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Baffin

Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=63
    http://coloquio.com/famosos/balboa.html
    http://www.biography.com/people/vasco-n%C3%BA%C3%B1ez-de-balboa-9196350
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/balboa_vasco_nunez_de.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_Nunez_de_Balboa

Willem Barents (Barentz)
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=4
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0806183.html
    http://www.polarconservation.org/education/explorers/willem-barentsz (http://polarchannel.com/polar-library/)
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/barents_willem.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barents

Ibn Batuta (Buttuta or Battutah)
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=16
    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0824828.html
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1354-ibnbattuta.asp
    http://ibnbattuta.berkeley.edu/
    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://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=61
    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://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=73
    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
    http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm
    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://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=74
    http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.html 
    http://www.mariner.org/education/john-and-sebastian-cabot
    http://www.mariner.org/education/john-cabots-voyage
    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://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=60
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabral.shtml
    http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0809735.html 
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03128a.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=69
    http://www.nps.gov/cabr/historyculture/juan-rodriguez-cabrillo.htm
    http://www2.palomar.edu/users/ddozier/personal_pages/publications/juan_rodriguez_cabrillo.htm
    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
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=17
    http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/cartier.html
    http://canadaonline.about.com/od/exploration/p/jacquescartier.htm
    http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/jacques_cartier/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier
       
Samuel de Champlain - http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/samuel-de-champlain-1604-1616/
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=1
    http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1600-1650/samuel-de-champlain-voyages-1604.php
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm   
    http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03567a.htm
      http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/champlain/
     Questions http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/emerson/champlan.htm
    http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/dechamplain.html
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain

Cheng Ho (Zheng He) - http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/chengho.htm
     http://sio.midco.net/dansmapstamps/chenghe.htm
     http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/zhenhe/131897.htm
     http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=6
     http://library.thinkquest.org/20176/chengho.htm
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He

               Christopher Columbus - http://www.history.com/topics/christopher-columbus
                   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://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=12
                   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
          http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=13
          http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm
          http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml
          http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/James_Cook/index.htm
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook
                 http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/e00088.txt

               Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - http://desertusa.com/mag98/sep/papr/coronado.html
                   http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
                   http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=65
                   http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Francisco_Coronado/index.htm
                   http://www.biography.com/people/francisco-v%C3%A1zquez-de-coronado-9258086
                   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Coronado   

Hernando Cortes - http://web.archive.org/web/20041123083845/http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/texts/mirror/conflict.html
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=34
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04397a.htm
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cortes_hernan.shtml
    http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_flat.html
    http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Hernan_Cortes/index.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Cortes

Bartholomew Diaz http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/dias-b.htm
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=59
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775b.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/dias_bartholomeu.htm
    http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Bartolomeu_Dias.html

  Sir Francis Drake  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/drake_francis.shtml
       http://www.bruceruiz.net/PanamaHistory/francis_drake.htm
       http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=27
       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake
       http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/drake_francis.htm
       http://www.biography.com/people/francis-drake-9278809

    Eric the Red - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817579.html
         http://www.enchanted learning.com/explorers/page/e/ericthered.shtml
       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
       http://www.greenland.com/en/about-greenland/kultur-sjael/historie/vikingetiden/erik-den-roede.aspx

    Leif Ericson (Eriksson) - http://www.mnc.net/norway/Leif.htm
       http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=10
         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
       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericson

Martin Frobisher - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=19
    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
    http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/frobisher.html       
    http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frsub05e.shtml
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Frobisher

Vasco da Gama - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497degama.html
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=5
    http://www.nndb.com/people/101/000091825/
    http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/vasco.html
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/gama_vasco_da.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama

Prince Henry - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=33
    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
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator

Henry Hudson - http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/
    http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/hudson.html
    http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?hudson.html
    http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=15
    http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs214a,0,5846973.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson

Juan Ponce de Leon - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=66
                              http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12228a.htm
                              http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm
                              http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/whowaspo_bf.html
                              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_De_Leon
                              http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm

                      Alexander Mackenzie from PBS site - http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/mackenzie.html
                                                        http://www.amvr.org/
                           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(explorer)
                           http://www.canadiana.ca/hbc/person/mackenzie_e.html
                           http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/british%20america/Mackenzie.html

                               Ferdinand Magellan - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=8
                                    http://www.biography.com/people/ferdinand-magellan-9395202
                                    http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/magellan.htm
                                    http://www.rmg.co.uk/magellan
                                                         http://web.archive.org/web/20041021074029/muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/SCHUES01.ART
                                                 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
                                                 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan

Jacques Marquette - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=53
    http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jacques-marquette-1673-1694/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Marquette
    http://www.biography.com/people/jacques-marquette-20984755
    http://www.greatriverroad.com/pere/marquettebio.htm
    http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/marquette.cfm

Francisco Pizarro - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=64
    http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/pizarro_francisco.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro
    http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/pizarro/pizarro_flat.html
    http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/pizarro/pizarro_flat.html

Marco Polo from the Silk Road - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=18
    http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml
    http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Marco_Polo/index.htm
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12217a.htm
    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
    http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R5.html
    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
               http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_2/Unit_IIQ2R6.html
               http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/verrazzano.html
               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_da_Verrazano

Amerigo Vespucci - http://www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm
               http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm
               http://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Vespucci-Amerigo.html
               http://geography.about.com/cs/historicalgeog/a/amerigo.htm
               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
                      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/
                    Viking Site - easy to read - http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/vikings.htm
                      http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
                      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

             Other Explorer Information/Projects

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

***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

Pirates - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/
Famous Women Pirates - http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-women-pirates.htm
More Famous Pirates - http://www.teacherfiles.com/4t/famous_pirates_info.htm  
Teaching Units for Treasure Island - http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2275.html
http://www.littleblueschool.com/boysbookclub/treasureislandseminar.pdf 
Pirates page from CLN - http://www.cln.org/themes/pirates.html

      Graphics -
     Midi - http://members.fortunecity.com/midismidis/midis2.htm