Resources

Where do I find the information for my report?

Check out books at the public library

Use the books in your library media center

Use CD-ROMs

Go on the Internet

General Websites to Search On

1.  Nettrekker
 http://www.nettrekker.com

2.    Connecticut Digital Library
http://www.iconn.org
Go to Resources for Schools
 Then click on InfoTrac Kids Edition

3.    ThinkQuest
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/

3.    Kidinfo (scroll down the page to find specific explorers)
http://www.kidinfo.com/Explorers.html

4.    Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

5.    The Mariner's Museum
http://www.mariner.org/age/menu.html

 

Individual Explorers:

Roald Amundsen

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm

Mary Anning

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/Anning.shtml

 

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/anning.html

Neil Armstrong

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761571861

http://www.astronauts.org/astronauts/armstrong.htm

http://www.top-biography.com/9099Neil%20Armstrong/ataglance.htm

Balboa

http://coloquio.com/famosos/balboa.html

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/balboa.html

Robert Ballard

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/ballard.shtml

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eir/bio_ballard.html

http://www.kepplerassociates.com/ballard.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/ballard.html

http://www.aip.org/education/sigma/ballard.htm

Ann Bancroft

http://www.yourexpedition.com/bae_archive/pages/annbio.html

http://www.yourexpedition.com/umbrella_pages/pressroom/annbio.html

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/story/0%2C6079%2C95113%2C00.html

Daniel Boone

http://www.americanwest.com/pages/boone.htm

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Boone/chronology.html

 

Richard Bryd

http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/AboutByrd/AboutByrd.htm

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000107.html

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/byrd.html

Cabot
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabot.html

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/early_ex.html

http://www.mariner.org/age/cabot.html

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH33/croxto33.html

Cartier
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cartier.html

http://www.mariner.org/age/cartier.html

http://www.publicbookshelf.org/public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/jacquesca_cd.html

http://www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/cartier.html

 

Champlain
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html

Columbus
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0812984.html

http://www.top-biography.com/9015-Christopher%20Columbus/

http://caribbean-connection.com/christopher-columbus/

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/columbus.html

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=thumbs&axis=ic0103z&flash=false&dev=

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus1.html (These are excerpts from Columbus' journals.  The top part of the web page might be difficult to understand, but if you scroll down a bit the entries might give you some idea of the hardships of his journeys).

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/colum.htm (This is what King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and Columbus agreed that Columbus would do -- a contract).

http://www.mariner.org/age/columbus.html

Cook
http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/museum/cook/cook.html

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=thumbs&axis=ic0103z&flash=false&dev=

http://www.mariner.org/age/cook.html

http://www.williamclark.net/

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines/story/0%2C6277%2C92608%2C00.html

http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/

Coronado
http://www.eldoradoinc.com/coronado.htm 

http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/hvn/books/nbstory/story1.html

http://desertusa.com/mag98/sep/papr/coronado.html

http://www.lsjunction.com/people/coronado.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/coronado.htm

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm

Jacques Cousteau

http://www.dolphinlog.org/jacquescousteau.html

http://www.cousteausociety.org/tcs_people.html

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Cousteau.html

Drake
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3465z&axis=970682176&flash=false&dev=

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3028z&axis=970683183&flash=false&dev=

http://www.mariner.org/age/drake.html

http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/voy.htm

Sylvia Earle

http://scuba.about.com/library/weekly/aa031000.htm

http://literati.net/Earle/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eir/bio_earle.html

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ear0pro-1?rand=1925

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seas/

Amelia Earhart

http://www.ameliaearhart.com/

http://www.ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html

http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=14477

http://www.acepilots.com/earhart.html

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq3-1.htm

Leif Ericksson

http://www.mnc.net/norway/ericson.htm

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558409/Eriksson_Leif.html

 

da Gama

http://www.top-biography.com/9034-Vasco%20Da%20Gama/

http://campus.northpark.edu/history//WebChron/WestEurope/DaGama.html

http://www.mariner.org/age/dagama.html

http://www.mariner.org/age/portuguese.html (ships)

Juan Ponce de Leon

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm

Sue Hendrickson

http://sue-hendrickson.net/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hendrickson.shtml

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/dinosaurs/expert/

Matthew Henson

http://www.unmuseum.org/henson.htm

http://5x5media.com/bhp/pages/mhenson.shtml

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/henson.html

http://www.matthewhenson.com/index2.htm

Sir Edmund Hillary

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/hil0bio-1

http://www.top-biography.com/9144-Edmund%20Hillary/

http://www.top-biography.com/9144-Edmund%20Hillary/chronology.htm

Hudson

http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/hudson.htm

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/explore/hudson.htm

http://www.newnetherland.org/history.htm

http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/

http://www.mariner.org/age/hudson.html

Mae Jemison

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/jemison.html

http://www.maejemison.com/

 

 

Jolliet / Marquette

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/jolmar.html

La Salle
http://www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/sdls.html

http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/lasal_e1.html

Magellan
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it3464z&axis=970682176&flash=false&dev=

http://campus.northpark.edu/history//WebChron/WestEurope/Magellan.html

http://www.mariner.org/age/circumnavigation.html

http://www.mariner.org/age/magellan.html

http://www.top-biography.com/9253-Ferdinand%20Magellan/

Marco Polo

http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/expolo.htm

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/China/MarcoPolo.html

http://www.top-biography.com/9107-Marco%20Polo/

Sir Walter Raleigh

http://www.who2.com/sirwalterraleigh.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1595raleigh-guiana.html

http://www.britannia.com/bios/raleigh/

Sally Ride

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/ride.html

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/women/sr.html

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_ride_sally.htm

 

 

 

de Soto

http://www.archeologyinc.org/ships.html

http://www.archeologyinc.org/soto.html

 

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