Learn about exploration and discovery through maps and documents. Search by keyword, subject, title, creator, or geographic location.
Learn about two famous Spanish explorers of North America, Cabeza de Vaca and Hernando de Soto. View pictures, and read about their routes.
Contains a comprehensive connection list to other directories and resources on the history of discovery and exploration, with timelines and bios.
Browse a list of explorer resources including research and information sites as well as lesson plans for teachers.
Reviews the history of Antarctic exploration and profiles of Edwardian polar pioneers who led expeditions to the desolate land.
Researchers of famous explorations and geographic discovery can join this society in order to receive regular scholarly data on these topics.
Find accounts of early visitors to the North American continent as well as the voyages of John Cabot and Jacques Cartier.
Curriculum Guide created by these museum historians includes an exploration timeline, bio of famous explorers, lessons on ships, and activities.
Recounts the American exploration and settlement of the West and the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Multimedia-rich guide features biographies of notable explorers and chronicles of their respective expeditions. Includes a teacher's guide.