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http://www.bruce.ruiz.net/PanamaHistory/alonso_de_ojeda.htm

» Alonso de Ojeda
Give a brief history and pictures of this Spanish Conquistador and explorer of the Americas.
http://www.bruce.ruiz.net/PanamaHistory/alonso_de_ojeda.htm

http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/

» Australian Explorers
Provides detailed accounts of men who explored and mapped the continent of Australia. Designed especially for elementary school students.
http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/

» Boldly Onward
Online book by Lindsey Williams explores the South Florida history of the conquistadors Hernando De Soto, Ponce De Leon, and Panfilo de Narvaez, where they landed, where they explored, and their adventures.
http://www.lindseywilliams.org/

» Conquistadors
Share the adventures of Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Fracisco de Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca as series host Michael Wood retraces their journeys in modern-day South America and the southern United States.
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/

» Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List
Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers.
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html

» Explorer Poems
A fifth grade class shares the poems they wrote about the lives of famous explorers.
http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpoe.htm

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm

» Explorers
Information on explorers with activities and quizzes. Provided by Mountain City Elementary School, Tennessee.
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm

» Explorers of the Millennium
Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/

» Famous Hispanics: Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Short biography of the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.
http://coloquio.com/famosos/balboa.html

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/directory.asp?dir=explorer

» My Hero: Explorers
Short student-friendly biographies of 10 men and women who ventured into new worlds during the 19th and 20th centuries.
http://www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/directory.asp?dir=explorer

» 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.
http://pompstory.home.mindspring.com/

http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/sheldrake.htm

» Sheldrake the Beneficent
A summary of the life and achievements of this explorer who discovered much of the Great Lakes region.
http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/sheldrake.htm

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/MS/student/Explorers.html

» Student Explorer Reports
A collection of short reports on various explorers. Written by fifth graders.
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/MS/student/Explorers.html

» Taking on the World: European Explorers
Features short biographies of the best-known European explorers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/6174/

» The Journies and Expeditions of Marquette, Drake, Columbus, Cortez, and DeSoto
Middle school students tell the stories of five men who explored North America. Each story is illustrated with original drawings.
http://library.thinkquest.org/6297/

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/np/pages/vbering.html

» Vitus Jonassen Bering
Contributed to the discovery of Alaska by mapping the Coastline in two large Expeditions, together with scientist Georg Wilhelm Steller who recorded the journey.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/np/pages/vbering.html

» 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.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/

» Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
Recounts the stories of famous Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French explorers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/

http://www.salariya.com/web_books/explorer

» You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer
Interactive site describing Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
http://www.salariya.com/web_books/explorer

» Zoom Explorers
Brief biographies of men and women who have explored the earth and skies.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/