The
Christopher Columbus Navigation Homepage
An excellent resource on Columbus. It includes a Timeline; pages
on his crew, ships, and navigation; individual pages covering his
first, second, third, and fourth voyages; and the Columbus Landfall
Homepage.
Columbus
and the Age of Discovery
A searchable site that contains over 1100 full-text articles from
magazines, journals, newspapers, speeches, and other sources mostly
about exploration of the Americas.
The
Explorers Club
This is an international professional society that has been meeting
since 1904. The extensive list of links covers land, sea, and space
exploration; organization and planning of expeditions; funding;
travel advisories; expedition and conservation organizations; scientific
institutes, foundations, and associations; and more.
European
Voyages of Exploration
This multimedia tutorial focuses on exploration and conquest by
Spain and Portugal during the fifteenth and sixteenth century in
Asia, Africa, the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Americas.
The
Mariners' Museum Age of Exploration On-line Curriculum Guide
This site traces the history of exploration from the ancient world
of the Egyptians and Phoenicians to 1768, providing images and information
about discoveries, ships, shipboard life, maps, charts, and navigation
methods.
Passages:
A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration
This Web site features European voyages and explorations in North
America from Columbus's Atlantic crossing in 1492 to Roald Amundsen's
exploration of the Northwest Passage in 1905.
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