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Here is an indexed listing of biography sites
for Explorers - A to Z. This is a companion page for
the main Explorers
page, one of many 42eXplore
projects from EduScapes.
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- A-B
- Albanel, Charles: (1) Charles
Albanel: Missionary Voyageur at Virtual Museum
of New-France, (2) Albanel,
Charles from The Columbia Encyclopedia
- Amundsen, Roald: (1) Roald
Amundsen at PBS American Experience, (2)
Who They
Really Are! Amundsen, Roald, (3) Roald
Amundsen at The Great Explorers, (4)
Roald
Amundsen at Canadian Arctic Profiles, (5)
Amundsen,
Roald from Encyclopedia.com, (6) Amundsen,
Roald at Infoplease, (7) Amundsen
(1908) from National Library of Canada, (8)
Roald
Amundsen at Great Norwegians
- Anza, Juan Bautista de: (1) Juan
Bautista De Anza: Blazed the Anza Trail at
DesertUSA, (2) Juan
Bautista de Anza.from Discoverers Web, (3)
Captain
Juan Bautista de Anza by H.F. Dobins
- Balboa, Vasco Nunez de: (1) Vasco
Nuñez de Balboa from Discoverers
Web, (2) Nunez
de Balboa . . . by D.W. Koeller, (3) Vasco
Núñez de Balboa at Famous
Hispanics, (4) Vasco
Nuñez de Balboa at Catholic
Encyclopedia, (5) Balboa,
Vasco Nunez de at DiscoverySchool
- Bering, Vitus: (1) Vitus
Bering from Horsens Museum
- Bradley, George Young: (1) George
Young Bradley (1836-1885) from PBS American
Experience
- Brûlé, Étienne: (1)
Étienne
Brûlé: Interpreter and Explorer at
Virtual Museum of New-France
- Byrd, Richard E.: (1) Alone
On the Ice from PBS American Experience,
(2) Richard
E. Byrd from Antarctic Philatelic, (3)
Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, 1888-1957 from Byrd Polar
Research Center, (4) Richard
Evelyn Byrd from Arlington National
Cemetery, (5) Richard
E. Byrd Memorial
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- C
- Cabot, John: (1) John
and Sebastian Cabot from the Mariners'
Museum, (2) John
Cabot at Discoverers Web, (3) John
Cabot from Gander Academy, (4) John
Cabot at Great Explorers, (5) Cabot
at DiscoverySchool, (6) John
Cabot, (7) John
Cabot's Voyage of Discovery by R. Hamilton, (8)
John
Cabot (c.1450-1499): Voyage to North America, 1497
from Modern History Sourcebook, (9) Cabot
Dilemma: John Cabot's 1497 Voyage & the Limits of
Historiography from Essays in History, (10)
John
Cabot from Newfoundland and Labrador
Heritage
- Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez: (1)
Alvar
Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca (c.1490-c.1557) from
PBS, (2) Windows
to the Unknown: Cabeza de Vaca's Journey from the
Center for Study of the Southwest, (3)
Cabeza
de Vaca, Álvar Núñez at
Infoplease, (4) Journey
of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and His
Companions translated from his own narrative by F.
Bandelier, (5) Cabeza
de Vaca by D.E. Sheppard, (6) Cabeza
de Vaca at PBS, (7) Alvar
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca 'The Compassionate
Conquistador', (8) Cabeza
de Vaca, Álvar Núñez at
Handbook of Texas Online
- Cadillac, Antoine Laumet dit de Lamothe:
(1) Antoine
Laumet dit de Lamothe Cadillac: The Ambitious
Gascon at Virtual Museum of New-France
- Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez: (1) Juan
Rodriguez Cabrillo at Discoverers Web, (2)
Estévan
(Juan) Cabrillo from the Catholic
Encyclopedia, (3) Juan
Rodríguez Cabrillo--A Voyage of Discovery
from the National Park Service
- Cartier, Jacques: (1) Jacques
Cartier at Discoverers Web, (2) Jacques
Cartier's Contribution to Canadian Toponymy from
Natural Resources Canada, (3) Voyages
of Jacques Cartier from The Mariners'
Museum, (4) Jacques
Cartier: Navigator-Explorer at Virtual Museum
of New-France
- Cavelier, Robert: See de La Salle,
Sieur
- Champlain, Samuel de: (1) Samuel
de Champlain, Voyages 1604 by W.B. Leemhuis, (2)
Samuel
de Champlain, (3) Samuel
de Champlain (1567-1635) at Historical Biographies
of Nova Scotia, (4) Samuel
de Champlain's1607 Map from Library of
Congress, (5) Samuel
de Champlain: Geographer and Builder of a Colony
at Virtual Museum of New-France, (6) Champlain,
Samuel de at DiscoverySchool
- Clark, William: (1) Captain
William Clark from PBS, (2) William
Clark from PBS, (3) William
Clark. See also: Lewis
& Clark at 42eXplore from
EduScapes
- Columbus, Christopher: (1) 1492:
An Ongoing Voyage by J. Barry, (2) Christopher
Columbus . . . His Gastronomic Persona from
Castello Banfi, (3) Columbus
and the New World, 1493 at Carmen Sandiego,
(4) The
Columbus Navigation Homepage by by K.A. Pickering,
(5) Christopher
Columbus: Extracts from Journal from the
Medieval Source Book, (6) Columbus
Mythbusters by J.M. Laufer, (7) Christopher
Columbus (1451-1506) at The Great
Explorers, (8) 1492:
An Ongoing Voyage from Library of Congress,
(9)
Columbus, Christopher at
DiscoverySchool
- Cook, Frederick A.: (1) Frederick
A. Cook Society, (2) Cook
& Peary: The Polar Controversy, Resolved
- Cook, James: (1) James
Cook from The Mariners' Museum, (2)
James
Cook: Voyage of the Endeavor 1768-1771 by
Volunteers in Technical Assistance, (3)
Cook's
Final Voyage from The Mariners' Museum, (4)
Captain
James Cook: The World's Explorer by N. Kerl, (5)
James
Cook, Voyage of the Endeavor, 1768-1771: New Zealand
to Batavia (Map), (6) James
Cook at Great Explorers, (7) James
Cook: British Navigator and Explorer at Lucid
Interactive, (8) Captain
James Cook, (9) First
British Ship on the NW Coast by B. Hallman
- Coronado, Francisco: (1) Francisco
Vázquez de Coronado: 1510-1554 from
PBS, (2) A
Most Famous Failing: Francisco Vázquez de
Coronado at DesertUSA, (3) The
Story of Coronado at Oldtime Nebraska, (4)
Francisco
Vásquez de Coronado from Discoverers
Web, (5) Francisco
Vasquez de Coronado at Catholic
Encyclopedia, (6) Francisco
Coronado, (7) Franciso
Vazquez de Coronado by A. Bustamante
- Cortes, Hernan: (1) Aztec
Account of the Conquest of Mexico from Modern
History Sourcebook, (2) Aztecs:
Conquest from ThinkQuest, (3) Buried
Mirror: Conflict of the Gods, (4) Cortes
from PBS, (5) Cortes,
Hernando at DiscoverySchool, (6) End
of an Empire: The Spanish Conquest of Mexico by B.
Hulse, The Concord Review, (7) Cortez
from Letters on the Texas Explorers at
Armadillo. See also: Aztecs
at 42eXplore from EduScapes
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- D-E
- Dampier, William: (1) New
World Voyages of William Dampier from Athena
Review, (2) William
Dampier
- Davis, John: (1) John
Davis at Discovery School, (2) John
Davis at Canadian Arctic Profiles
- DeSoto, Hernando: (1) Hernando
DeSota, (2) DeSota
from Letters on the Texas Explorers at
Armadillo, (3) Hernando
De Sota 101 from Pirate Who's Who, (4)
Soto
Expedition, (5) De
Soto, Hernando at DiscoverySchool, (6)
Conquest
of America by Hernando de Soto and Cabeza de Vaca,
(7) Spanish
Conquistadors in North America by D.E.
Sheppard
- Dias, Bartholomew: (1) Bartolomeu
Dias from the Catholic Encyclopedia, (2)
Bartholomew
Diaz from Pirate Who's Who, (3) Bartholomeu
Diaz at The Great Explorers, (4) Dias,
Bartolomeu at DiscoverySchool
- Drake, Sir Francis: (1) Francis
Drake from The Mariners' Museum, (2)
Sir
Francis Drake by Oliver Seeler, (3) The
Voyage: A Synopsis of the Circumnavigation by
Oliver Seeler, (4) Sir
Francis Drake from the Global Travel Club,
(5) Sir
Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World,
1580 from Modern History Sourcebook, (6)
Sir
Francis Drake from Pirates and
Privateers
- Dulhut, Daniel Greysolon: (1) Daniel
Greysolon Dulhut: An Honest Man at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- Erikson, Leif: (1) Leif
Ericsson from The Viking Network, (2)
Leif
Eriksson the Lucky at Carmen Sandiego, (3)
Leif Erikson
by K.A. Weitemier, (4) Leif
Ericson by L. Ryne, (5) Leif
Ericsson from Oak View Elementary, (6)
Leif
Ericsson at Infoplease, (7) Leif
Ericsson: Discoverer of America from Embassy of
Iceland, (8) Leif
Ericsson, (9) Leif
Ericsson. See also: Vikings
at 42eXplore from EduScapes
- Estévanico (Estéban): (1)
Story
of Estevanico from Turn Back Time by B.J.
McRae, Jr., (2) History
of Estevanico from Estevanico Society, (3)
Estévanico
the Moor by A.B. Allen from American
History
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- F-G
- Fremont, John C.: (1) John
C. Fremont / Sen. Thomas H. Benton from the
Kansas City Museum
- Frobisher, Martin: (1) 'All
Is Not Gold That Glisterith' at Mercator's
World, (2) Martin
Frobisher - 1576, 1577, 1578 from Canadian
Arctic Profiles, (3) Sir
Martin Frobisher from Arthur Meighen High
School, (4) Frobisher
(1577) from National Library of Canada
- Gama, Vasco da: (1) Voyage
to India and Those Who Influenced It by B.
Elliott, (2) Vasco
da Gama from the Catholic Encyclopedia, (3)
Vasco
da Gama Arrives in India by M. Mejiak,North
Park University, (4) Vasco
Da Gama at The Great Explorers, (5)
Exploits
of Vasco da Gama at The Mariners' Museum,
(6) Da
Gama, Vasco at DiscoverySchool, (7)
Vasco
Da Gama from Oak View Elementary
- Groseilliers, Médard Chouart Des:
(1) Médard
Chouart Des Groseilliers: In It For the Money? at
Virtual Museum of New-France
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- H-I
- Hartog, Dirk: (1) Dirk
Hartog
- Hearne, Samuel: (1) Artic
Dawn: The Journeys of Samuel Hearne, (2) Hearne,
Samuel at DiscoverySchool, (3) Samuel
Hearne: North to the Arctic by D.C. Barnett
- Louis Hennepin: (1) Louis
Hennepin: Apostle and Adventurer at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- Henry, Prince: See: Prince Henry the
Navigator (Below)
- Henson, Matthew: (1) Matthew
Alexander Hensen, 1866-1955.
- Heyerdahl, Thor: (1) Kon-Tiki
Museum, (2) Thor
Heyerdahl - Norway's National and International
Hero, (3) Thor
Heyerdahl from Polynesian Archaeology
- Hudson, Henry: (1) Henry
Hudson-1609-1611 from Canadian Arctic
Profiles, (2) Henry
Hudson from The Mariners' Museum, (3)
Who
was Henry Hudson Anyway? And What Happened to Him?
at Half Moon Press, (4) Henry
Hudson: An Englishman in the Dutch Service by G.M.
Welling, (5) Life
and Times of Henry Hudson, Explorer and Adventurer
by I. Chadwick
- Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d': (1)
Pierre
Le Moyne d'Iberville: The El Cid of Canada at
Virtual Museum of New-France, (2) Iberville
(1694-1703) from National Library of
Canada, (3) Iberville
(1661-1706) at Historical Biographies of Nova
Scotia, (4) Pierre
LeMoyne Sieur d'Iberville and the Establishment of
Biloxi
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- J-L-M
- Jolliet, Louis: (1) Marquette
and Joliet at ThinkQuest Junior, (2)
Louis
Jolliet: Professional Explorer at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- Lahontan, Baron: (1) Baron
Lahontan: Writer and Traveller at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- La Salle, Sieur de: (1) Robert
Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle from Texas
Historical Commission, (2) René-Robert-Cavelier,
Sieur de La Salle from Catholic
Encyclopedia, (3) La
Salle Chronology from Texas Historical
Commission, (4) La
Salle from Letters on the Texas Explorers at
Armadillo, (5) Cavelier
de La Salle: Intrepid Explorer at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- La Vérendrye: (1) La
Vérendrye: Explorer of the West at
Virtual Museum of New-France
- Lewis, Meriwether: (1) Captain
Meriwether Lewis at PBS Online, (2)
Meriwether
Lewis (1774-1809) from PBS. See also:
Lewis
& Clark at EduScapes 42eXplore
- Livingstone, David: (1) David
Livingstone National Memorial, (2) David
Livingstone: The Truth Behind the Legend, (3)
Essential
Facts about David Livingstone at Heroes of
History, (4) Famous
Scots - Dr David Livingstone (1813-1873) at
About.com, (5) Scottish
Explorer David Livingstone, (6) David
Livingstone from Mr. Dowling
- Long, Stephen Harriman: (1) Stephen
Harriman Long at Minnesota Explorers
- Magellan, Ferdinand: (1) Ferdinand
Magellan from the The Mariners' Museum, (2)
'Ferdinand
Magellan: The Greatest Voyager of Them All' by R.
Schuessler, (3) First
Circumnavigation of the Globe by Magellan, (4)
Ferdinand
Magellan from The Magellan Group, (5)
Ferdinand
Magellan (1480-1521) from ThinkQuest
Junior, (6) Ferdinand
Magellan at The Great Explorers, (7)
Magellan,
Ferdinand at DiscoverySchool
- Marquette, Jacques: (1) Jacques
Marquette from the National Statuary Hall
Collection, (2) Jacques
Marquette: Missionary of the Mississippi at
Virtual Museum of New-France
- Mawson, Sir Douglas: (1) Sir
Douglas Mawson from the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, (2) Douglas
Mawson from Antarctic Explorers
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- N-O-P
- Nicollet, Jean: Jean
Nicollet: The Peacemaking Explorer at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- Peary, Robert E.: (1) RADM
Robert E. Peary, (2) The
Extraordinary Partnership of Henson & Peary,
(3) 1909
Peary Arctic Club Expedition to the North
Pole
- Perrot, Nicolas: (1) Nicolas
Perrot: The Undervalued Diplomat at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- Pike, Zebulon: (1) Zebulon
Pike from the Kansas City Museum, (2)
Zebulon
Montgomery Pike at Minnesota Explorers, (3)
Zebulon
Pike: The Expedition of Discovery from Aitkin
Festival of Adventures
- Pizarro, Francisco: (1) Ecuador:
The Conquest of Ecuador at Terraquest History
of Ecuador, (2) The
New World - Pizarro and Atahualpa from the
World Gold Council, (3) Francisco
Pizarro from Pirate Who's Who, (4)
Pizarro
from PBS, (5) Pizarro,
Francisco at DiscoverySchool
- Polo, Marco: (1) Marco
Polo at Images of Greatness, (2) Marco
Polo Travels in China at North Park
University, (3) Marco
Polo from The Great Explorers, (4)
Marco Polo
& Korcula, (5) Polo,
Marco at DiscoverySchool, (6) Marco
Polo from Oak View Elementary, (7)
Marco
Polo and His Travels from Silkroad
Foundation, (8) Marco
Polo: On the Tartars from the Medieval
Sourcebook, (9) Marco
Polo: The Glories Of Kinsay [Hangchow] (c.
1300) from the Medieval Sourcebook, (10)
Marco
Polo "I did Not Tell Half of What I Saw"
- Ponce de Leon, Juan: (1) Ponce
de Leon, (2) Juan
Ponce de Leon by A. Eld, (3) Ponce
de Leon, Juan at DiscoverySchool
- Portola, Gaspar de: (1) Portola's
Statue from the City of Pacifica
- Powell, John Wesley: (1) John
Wesley Powell and the Bureau of Ethnology from
PBS American Experience
- Prince Henry the Navigator: (1) Prince
Henry, The Navigator by The Mariners'
Museum, (2) The
Voyage to India and Those Who Influenced It by B.
Elliott, (3) Prince
Henry the Navigator from Mr. Dowling, (4)
Henry
the Navigator at DiscoverySchool, (5)
Henry
the Navigator from Columbia Encyclopedia,
(6) Henry
the Navigator at Discoverers Web, (7)
Prince
Henry the Navigator from Oak View
Elementary, (8) Prince
Henry in America from PBS
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- Q-R-S
- Quen, Jean de: (1) Jean
de Quen: The Missionary Explorer at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- Radisson, Pierre-Esprit: (1) Pierre-Esprit
Radisson: The Stateless Adventurer at Virtual
Museum of New-France
- Raleigh, Sir Walter: (1) Sir
Walter Raleigh from Renaissance Man,
(2)
- Scott, Robert Falcon: (1) Robert
Falcon Scott at Antarctic Explorers,
(2)
- Serra, Father Junipero: (1) Junipero
Serra (1713-1784) from PBS
- Shackleton, Ernest: (1) Ernest
H. Shackleton at Antarctic Explorers, (2)
Shackleton's
Antarctic Voyages from PBS NOVA Online, (4)
The
Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic
Expedition from the American Museum of Natural
History, (5) Endurance
from Eastman Kodak Company, (6) Sir
Ernest Henry Shackleton, (7) Sir
Ernest Shackleton at Athy Heritage
Centre
- Speke, John Hanning: (1) Speke's
Journal by J.H. Speke, The Journal of African
Travel-Writing
- Stanley, Henry Morton: (1) Henry
Morton Stanley (1841-1904) from The
Atlantic, (2) Stanley,
Sir Henry Morton from Infoplease
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- Troyes, Pierre de: (1) Pierre
de Troyes: A Person of Obscure Repute at
Virtual Museum of New-France
- Vancouver, George: (1) George
Vancouver from the University of
Virginia
- Verrazano, Giovanni da: (1) Giovanni
da Verrazzano from Discoverers Web, (2)
Giovanni
da Verrazzano from the Catholic
Encyclopedia
- Vespucci, Amerigo: (1) Amerigo
Vespucci by J.G. Butch, (2) Life
of Amerigo Vespucci by J.A. Canaday, (3) Vespucci,
Amerigo at DiscoverySchool, (4) Amerigo
Vespucci: 1454-1512 from Explorers and Settlers
of North America
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