- Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506)@
Learn about the Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus, whose 1492 expedition to the Indies instead opened the Americas to European exploration and conquest. Includes sites on his life, voyages, and legacy as well as sites about Columbus Day.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Columbus__Christopher__1451_1506_
- Magellan, Ferdinand (1480-1521)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Magellan__Ferdinand__1480_1521_
- Vespucci, Amerigo (1452-1512)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Vespucci__Amerigo__1452_1512_
- Pizarro, Francisco (1475-1541)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Pizarro__Francisco__c__1475_1541_
- Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Cabrillo__Juan_Rodriguez____1543_
- Tupac Amaru, The Life, Times and Exacution of the Last Inca
Recounting of the history of the last Incas, from the strangulation of Atahuallpa to the beheading of Tupac Amaru in Cuzco in 1571.
www.jqjacobs.net/andes/tupac_amaru.html
- Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez (1490-1557)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Cabeza_de_Vaca__Alvar_Nunez__1490_1557_
- Coronado, Francisco de (1510-1554)
Includes profile and links to other resources.
www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/coronado.html
- Balboa, Vasco Núñez de (1475-1519)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Balboa__Vasco_Nunez_de__1475_1519_
- Charles V (1500-1558)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Holy_Roman_Empire/Charles_V__1500_1558_
- Orellana, Francisco de (1511-1546)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Orellana__Francisco_de__1511_1546_
- Luna y Arellano, Tristan de (c.1519-1573)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Luna_y_Arellano__Tristan_de__c_1519_1573_
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