Explorers

Explorers
Visit the sites below to learn more about these 15th and 16th Century Explorers.

Spanish Explorers
Alvar Nunez Cabeza Cabeza from World Book Online Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca from Enchanted Learning Cabeza de Vaca from Handbook of Texas	Christopher Columbus Columbus, Age of Exploration Columbus from Elizabethan Era Hero History Columbus from Enchanted Learning Columbus from World Book Online	Hernando Cortés Hernando Cortez Cortes from World Book Hernan Cortes from Enchanted Learning Cortes from Fact Monster
Vasco de Balboa Famous Hispanics Balboa from ThinkQuest Balboa from Enchanted Learning Balboa from World Book	Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Coronado The West from PBS Coronado from Enchanted Learning Coronado from World Book Online Coronado from Fact Monster	Juan Ponce de Leon Ponce de Leon de Leon from World Book Online de Leon from Enchanted Learning de Leon from Fact Monster
Hernando de Soto de Soto from World Book Online A Brief Biography de Soto from Enchanted Learning	Estevanico Dorantes (aka Stephen the Moor) Stephen the Moor Estevanico from Elizabethan Era Estevanico from World Book Online Estevanico, Handbook of Texas Online Estevanico from Enchanted Learning	Francisco Pizarro Pizarro, Spanish Explorer Pizarro from Enchanted Learning Pizarro from Fact Monster Pizarro from World Book
Amerigo Vespuci Vespuci from Canadian History Amerigo Vespuci Amerigo Vespuci from Study World Vespuci from World Book Online

Pedro Alvares Cabral

Vasco Da Gama

Bartholomeu Dias

Ferdinand Magellan

Jacques Cartier

Samuel de Champlain

Giovanni da Verrazzano

English Explorers
John Cabot Cabot, English Explorer John and Sebastian Cabot Cabot from Enchanted Learning Cabot from Elizabethan Era John Cabot Cabot from World Book Online	Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake Drake from World Book Drake from Enchanted Learning Drake from Fact Monster Drake from Mariner's Museum	Robert Cavalier sieur de La Salle La Salle from Fact Monster La Salle from Enchanted Learning La Salle from Handbook of Texas Online La Salle from World Book

Italian

Viking

Netherlands (Dutch)

Marco Polo

Leif Ericsson

Henry Hudson

General Resources

Last updated December 11, 2009