Description: This page tells all about the life and times of Marco Polo

Description: The articles II Milione, the transcribed observations of Marco Polo while in China.

Description: This is a full biography of Portuguese explorer Prince Henry.

Description: This is a full biography of Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias.

Description: This is a full biography of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. It comes with text controls, narration, vocabulary highlighting, scavenger hunts, and in printable form.

Description: Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and is credited with opening the Americas to European exploration in 1492. Although he believed he had reached Asia, he actually landed in the Caribbean, beginning centuries of contact and colonization.

Description: Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to sail around the world in the early 1500s. Sailing for Spain, he sought a western route to the Spice Islands and discovered the Strait of Magellan at the southern tip of South America. Although he was killed in the Philippines in 1521, his expedition continued and completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Ponce de Leon

Description: This writing prompt explains that Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth was made up by those who wished to embarrass him. It then requires students to write about an instance in which they may have experienced slander, or, when a character in literature or movies experienced it.

Description: A short biography on Hernando de Soto

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Coronado.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernan Cortes. It comes with text controls, narration, vocabulary highlighting, scavenger hunts, discussion questions, and in printable form.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Pizarro.

Description: This is a full biography of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano.

Description: This is a full biography of French explorer Jacques Cartier.

Description: This is a full biography of French explorer Samuel de Champlain.

Description: This is a full biography of French explorer Robert Sieur de la Salle

Description: This article describes the explorations of Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet down the Mississippi River.

Description: Voyageurs were French and French Canadian fur traders who traveled by canoe across North America in the 1600s and 1700s. They worked with Native American tribes to trade goods like metal tools and cloth for valuable animal furs. Voyageurs were known for their strength, teamwork, and skill in navigating long rivers and rough wilderness.

Description: This is a full biography of Italian explorer John Cabot.

Description: This is a full biography of English explorer James Cook.

Description: This is a complete biography on the notorious British pirate Sir Francis Drake.

Description: This page describes the life and times of English explorer Henry Hudson

Description: Sir Walter Raleigh was an English explorer, writer, and soldier during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He helped organize English expeditions to North America and supported the attempt to establish the Roanoke Colony. Later, he fell out of favor with the king, was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and was eventually executed in 1618.

Description: George Vancouver was an 18th-century British explorer best known for mapping the Pacific Northwest coastline of North America with remarkable accuracy. His detailed surveys of present-day Washington State, British Columbia, and Alaska helped establish important trade routes and expanded European knowledge of the region’s geography. The city of Vancouver in Canada and Vancouver, Washington, are named in his honor, recognizing his lasting impact on exploration and maritime history.

Description: This is a detailed biography about Meriwether Lewis.

Description: This is a detailed biography on William Clark - Lewis and Clark

Description: This is a biography about Sacagawea.

Description: Zebulon Pike was an American explorer and military officer best known for leading expeditions through the southern and western portions of the Louisiana Territory in the early 1800s. During one of his journeys, he explored the Rocky Mountains and attempted to climb the peak that was later named Pike’s Peak in his honor. His expeditions provided valuable information about the geography, Native American tribes, and Spanish territories of the American Southwest.

Description: This section contains illustrated maps showing the route maps of Columbus, da Gama, Prince Henry, Ponce de Leon, Samuel de Champlain, Magellan, and Sir Francis Drake