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Video: Top 10 Famous Explorers In The World
Space Explorers and their Explorations

Famous Space Explorers: Quick facts, photos, and information about their space exploration
Video: 25 Epic Expeditions And The Explorers That Made Them
Explorers-EnchantedLearning.com: Brief biographical information on famous explorers; Search alphabetically or by date or continent

PBS: The Conquistadors (Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana, Cabeza de Vaca): Historical facts, timeline

Wikipedia: Canadian Explorers: Alphabetical listing of Canadian explorers with links to biographies

Conquest of America:This Site describes the 15 year Conquest of Native America. The story of the arrival of the first explorers to America; links to each explorer with biographical information; links within articles for further historical information

Exploration of the Northwest Passage - from Wikipedia: Complete historical information about these historical expeditions: Strait of Anián, Northern Atlantic, Northern Pacific, Cook and Vancouver, 19th century, Franklin expedition, McClure expedition, John Rae, Amundsen expedition, and later expeditions

Exploration and the Spice Trade - from Wikipedia: Background, Middle ages, The New World, Trade under colonialism, Cultural exchanges, Recent Trends

Explorers by Sea: Early Navigation Methods: Historical Background with pictures of how the early explorers navigated

Spanish Exploration and Conquest of Native America: Complete Historical background with photos

Discovery and Exploration Maps from the Library of Congress:Documents the discovery and exploration of the Americas with both manuscripts and published maps. Many of these maps reflect the European Age of Discoveries, dating from the late 15th century to the 17th century when Europeans were concerned primarily with determining the outline of the continents as they explored and mapped the coastal areas and the major waterways. Also included are 18th and 19th century maps documenting the exploration and mapping of the interior parts of the continents, reflecting the work of Lewis and Clark and subsequent government explorers and surveyors. SEARCHABLE by Keyword or Creator Index, Geographic Location Index, or Title Index

*Early explorers explored the world for many reasons: Some of the reasons were: to learn more about the world, to find gold and silver, to find new trade routes, and often to expand their empire.

* Portuguese Explorers were the first Europeans to explore the world in the fifteenth century, and the first to sail around the tip of Africa.

*The Vikings were a vicious group of warriors who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe and the North Atlantic islands from the late 790 A.D. to the 1100 A.D.9/[k

Between the years 1519-1522 Magellan became the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe, sailing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

*The French began exploring to expand their fur trade.

* Video:The Spanish Explorers of America

*The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was launched by the Russians on October 4, 1957.

Before manned space flight could take place, Albert II, a Rhesus Monkey, was sent into space to determine if man could survive space flights.

* Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, was known as the "First Man in Space". His flight took place in April of 1961.

Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut in space. His flight took place on May 5, 1961.

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