An explorer is a person who travels in search of a goal, such as wealth, information or colonization.
 There are many good websites to help with discovering the discoverers.

General sites which cover most explorers: www.historychannel.com discusses historical figures. www.yahooligans.com , http://www.mariner.org//educationalad/ageofex/,  have online curriculum guides for the Age of Exploration.

There are also specific sites such as: www.lewis-clark.org/index.htm an interactive Web site that provides a wealth of information about their journey. The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation sponsors this site offering a summary of the key points of the journey.

Henry Hudson can be found www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/ including biographical information and details about his four voyages. www.newnetherland.org/ presents information about Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon.

Christopher Columbus Navigation Homepage examines the history, navigation and landfall http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/ Find out about Columbus’ ships that were lost in the course of his four voyages, and the attempts to discover the shipwrecks www.shipsofdiscovery.org/columbus.htm

Did the Vikings discover North America? http://viking.no/e/eindex.htm offers information about the ships, trading, religion, everyday life and exploration.

Follow Cartier, Champlain, La Salle, Marquette and Joliet through New France  http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/vmnfe.asp

The Spanish exploration and conquest of Native America includes de Soto, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado and their journeys. Portuguese explorers discuss Prince Henry and Vasco da Gama http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/biographies.php