Role2

Researcher: The Later Explorers

Like in the previous task you will be researching the following explorers and taking notes on what 
you 
discover about their background, sponsor, country traveling from and to, purpose, and 
achievements. 
You should fill out this information on the chart provided by your teacher.

The Later Explorers:
         Pedro Cabral
         Vasco Nunez de Balboa   
         Juan Ponce de Leon  
         Ferdinand Magellan  
         Hernando Cortez  
         Francisco Pizarro  
         Jacques Cartier
         Samuel de Champlain
         Henry Hudson  
         Hernando De Soto  
         Francisco Vasquez de Coronado  
         Sir Francis Drake  
         Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
         Rene-Robert de La Salle

Internet Links

The Explorer Timeline
A webpage that lists explorers by their exploration date with links to pages on each explorer.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/timeline.htm

Zoom Explorers
A great website that lists explorers both by their date of exploration and in alphabetical order.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

The Mariner's Museum
A link to the Mariner's Museum of Virginia which contains several biographies of explorers.
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/

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

Spanish Conquistadors in America
http://www.floridahistory.com/inset33.html

Spanish Conquest in the America
A website of history in Florida.
http://www.vaca.com/inset11.html

Explorers
A fantastic list of links for students.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/explorer.html

Other Resources

Books on Explorers
World Book Encyclopedias