- European Voyages of Exploration
Historical overview of maritime exploration by Portugal and Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries, when they established sea routes between the world's continents. Also examines the economic, political, and cultural patterns of that era in Europe.
www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya
- Voyages: Scientific Circumnavigations, 1679-1859
Online exhibition devoted to the great scientific expeditions of the Age of Sail.
www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/voyages
- Latitude: The Science of Sailing the World
Comparison of maritime maps before and after sailors learned to measure their latitude, or distance from the Earth's poles. The discovery of latitude revolutionized the art of sailing and the European exploration of the globe.
www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi
- Low Road North, The
Online exhibit from the American Philosophical Society about Sir Hubert Wilkins' 1931 polar expedition.
www.amphilsoc.org/library/exhibits/nautilus
- 2000 Chevron Duyfken (Little Dove) Expedition
A project reenacting the voyage of the Dutch ship Duyfken to Australia, marking Europe's first written record of that continent. Read about the original travels of the exploration vessel, or see pictures of the making of the replica ship.
www.duyfken.com
- Polynesian Voyaging Society (2)
Investigates the means by which Polynesian seafarers discovered and settled nearly every inhabitable island in the Pacific Ocean.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Exploration/Polynesian_Voyaging_Society
- Age of European Exploration
Pictures, essays, general information, and biographies.
www.geocities.com/rdl_wcw_wwf_fan/TOE.html
- Hakluyt Society
Fee based memebership organization offering scholarly editions of records of voyages, travels, and geographical discovery.
www.hakluyt.com
- Age of Discovery 1340-1600
World map illustrating the routes and events of Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch explorers.
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/explorer_map_shepherd.jpg
- Hamel and the Discovery of Korea
The history of Hendrick Hamel, the first Westerner to write about Korea, after his 1666 shipwreck.
www.henny-savenije.pe.kr
- Age of Exploration Time Line
Important dates in the exploration of the seas, from the Egyptian voyage to Phoenicia in 3200 B.C. to the death of the notorious Captain Cook in 1779. From the Mariners' Museum.
www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/timeline.php
- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage
Library of Congress exhibit examining the mixture of societies coexisting in five areas of the Western Hemisphere before European arrival.
www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
- Sebastian Vizcaino's Exploration of Monterey
Account of Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino's expedition to Monterey, in what is now California, on December 16, 1602.
www.mchsmuseum.com/vizcaino.html
- Portola Expedition of 1769
Information on the land and maritime expeditions of what was later to become California.
www.mchsmuseum.com/portola1769.html
- Female Explorers
Articles, news, and links about the women exploring the world.
www.femexplorers.com
- Age of Exploration
Online exhibit charting maritime discovery from ancient times to Captain Cook's 1768 voyage to the South Pacific. Includes explorer biographies, ship-building and sailing vocabulary, and classroom activities.
www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex
- Expeditions: 150 Years of Smithsonian Research in Latin America
Offers sections on the U.S. Exploring Expedition, William Henry Holmes, Caribbean archaeology, and Alexander Wetmore.
www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/laexped/opener1.htm
- Society for the History of Discoveries
Formed to stimulate interest in teaching, research, and publishing the history of geographical exploration. Includes information about the journal Terra Incognitae.
www.sochistdisc.org
- Conquistadors
Online companion to the series examining the explorations of Cortes, Orellana, Cabeza de Vaca, and Pizarro. Also offers an online learning adventure for students and teachers.
www.pbs.org/conquistadors
- Ships of Discovery
Research and educational organization studying ships of the earliest European explorations in the New World.
www.shipsofdiscovery.org
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