Explorers

Megasites

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

PBS looks at explorers Cortes, Orellana, Pizarro and Cabeza de Vaca.
European Exploration: From Earliest Times to 1497: http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/early_ex.html

An overview of European exploration and colonization around the world.
The European Voyages of Exploration: 15th and 16th Centuries: http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/

An overview of European exploration and colonization around the world.
Explorers of Australia: http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/

Brief biographies of explorers of Australia including sketched portraits.
Empire of the Bay: http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/

Brief history and biographies of explorers of the Hudson's Bay.
A History of the Northwest Coast: http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html

A brief history of the first explorers, pioneers and traders of the Northwest coast.
Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons: http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/

An interactive site that provides an overview of world exploration throughout time. Includes timelines, explorer biographies, navigation technology, reading maps and a compass, and asks what the future of exploration is.
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Polar Explorer!: http://www.salariya.com/web_books/explorer/

This Web book helps younger youth understand the struggles and difficulties of exploring the polar regions.

Note: if you are not finding the particular explorer you are interested in or would like more information, please try the List of explorers.

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

Summary of the history presented at this Library of Congress exhibit.
Discoverers Web: http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/

Information about voyages of discovery and exploration, including discoverers by alphabet.
Exploration is Risky Business: Explorers Who Died on Their Voyages: http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/death.html

List of explorers who died and how they died on their voyages.