Explorers

• Kids and Teens: People and Society: Biography: Explorers  (154)
• Society: History: Historical Personages  (18)

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.

Captain Christopher Newport - Admiral of Virginia and founder of Jamestown. Includes images.

Count Matus Moric Benovsky - Biographical article on the Hungarian explorer (1746-1786), who journeyed to the Northern Pacific and became Emperor of Madagascar.

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.

Discovering the Lost Legacy of Jedediah Smith - Presents a biography, chronology, image gallery, and map gallery.

The Franklin Trail - Archaeological survey of evidence and artifacts relating to the final days of the Franklin expedition.

The Great Web of Percy Harrison Fawcett - Information about the British explorer's Brazilian expedition.

Hall of Explorers - Biographical articles on several explorers. Students can submit content.

List of Explorers - Index to Wikipedia articles on world explorers.

Pedro Álvares Cabral - Brief biographical article.

The Pre-British Explorers of Australia - Short expedition biographies of a few British, Dutch and French explorers, with historic maps.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland - An account of the last voyage, told by Edward Haies, commander of The Golden Hind, 1583.

Virtual Exploration Society - Information, pictures, biographies of a handful of explorers through time.