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Discoverers Web
Large collection of information and links on voyages of discovery and exploration. Includes a list of explorers who died on their voyages and biographies of several explorers.
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/
Hall of Explorers
Biographical articles on several explorers. Students can submit content.
http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumo...
The Pre-British Explorers of Australia
Short expedition biographies of a few British, Dutch and French explorers, with historic maps.
http://australianexplorers.tripod.com/
The Franklin Trail
Archaeological survey of evidence and artifacts relating to the final days of the Franklin expedition.
http://www.netscapades.com/franklintrail/
The Search for Franklin and Franklin Relics 1847-1880
From Library and Archives Canada. Bibliography of primary printed sources for the study of the Franklin search. Secondary sources that were published within the time period of the search for Franklin himself are included as well.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/21/h21-2...
The Great Web of Percy Harrison Fawcett
Information about the British explorer's Brazilian expedition.
http://www.phfawcettsweb.org/
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Brief biographical article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81l...
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland
An account of the last voyage, told by Edward Haies, commander of The Golden Hind, 1583.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1585hai...
Virtual Exploration Society
Information, pictures, biographies of a handful of explorers through time.
http://www.unmuseum.mus.pa.us/ves.htm
Discovering the Lost Legacy of Jedediah Smith
Presents a biography, chronology, image gallery, and map gallery.
http://www.jedsmithlegacy.com/
The Barren Lands Digital Collection
Photographs, maps, and documents from two exploratory surveys conducted by J.B. Tyrrell of the region west of Hudson Bay.
http://digital.library.utoronto.ca/Tyrrell...
Count Matus Moric Benovsky
Biographical article on the Hungarian explorer (1746-1786), who journeyed to the Northern Pacific and became Emperor of Madagascar.
http://www.slovakopedia.com/m/moric-benovs...
List of Explorers
Index to Wikipedia articles on world explorers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_explo...
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Sacagawea
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Henson, Matthew
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Boone, Daniel
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Drake, Sir Francis
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Livingston, David
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Zheng He
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Hillary, Sir Edmund
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Frémont, John Charles
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Hudson, Henry
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Ponce de León, Juan
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Byrd, Richard
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Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez
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Vespucci, Amerigo
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Da Gama, Vasco
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Marquette, Jacques
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Henry the Navigator
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Cartier, Jacques
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Scott, Robert Falcon
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Amundsen, Roald
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Powell, John Wesley
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Champlain, Samuel de
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Joliet, Louis
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Leo, Africanus
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Pizarro, Francisco
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De Soto, Hernando
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Heyerdahl, Thor
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Raleigh, Walter
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Ibn Batuta
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La Salle, Robert Cavelier
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Magellan, Ferdinand
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Columbus, Christopher
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Polo, Marco
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Cook, James
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Tasman, Abel
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Cabot, John
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Lewis and Clark
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Peary, Robert E.
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Shackleton, Sir Ernest
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Ericson, Leif
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Cortés, Hernán
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Coronado, Francisco Vázquez de
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Mawson, Sir Douglas
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