http://go.grolier.com/  our Grolier online encyclopedia.  Type in your search term and select the best article (make sure you spell it correctly).  Use the “web links” link on the top right of the article page to see more detailed online information.

http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/  our new database. Type your search into the long blue/white search box.  

As you search the open web, be careful that you’re not getting information from elementary school sites!

General info on exploration & several of our explorers:

http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/intro.php

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/timeline2.html - Use ONLY 1000 through (but not including 1700)!!!

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/henry.html  Henry the Navigator

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/henry1.html Prince Henry

http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/ Explorer’s Database

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml  Explorers of North America (click on letter of last name of explorer)

General info on the ships:

http://website.lineone.net/~dee.ord/Tudors.htm caravel ships

http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/01George/caravela/htmls/Caravel%20History.htm  Caravel ships

Two of Christopher Columbus' three ships were caravels (the Niña and the Pinta).

http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/01George/caravela/htmls/Caravel%20History.htm caravel ships

Vasco da Gama:

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/vasco.html   

Henry Hudson

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

http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm  

Magellan

http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/WestEurope/Magellan.html

http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/magellan.php

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1519magellan.html  diary account from someone on Magellan’s voyage

Columbus

http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html

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

http://www.columbusnavigation.com/ships.shtml

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers2.htm Explorers

Cortes

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

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/

Pizarro

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

 http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/inca.html