Early Explorers
June6
Men listed by countries for which they sailed
Vikings
Eric the Red:Mariner’s
Leif Ericksson: Great Norwegian, Milllennium, Mariner’s
Portugal
Prince Henry the Navigator: Mr.Dowling, Encyclopedia.com , Enchanted Learning, Thinkquest, Mariner’s
Vasco da Gama: Web Project, Enchanted Learning, Elizabethan Era, Milllennium, Mariner’s, All About
Pedro Alvares Cabral: Elizabethan Era, Enchantd Learning
Spain
Christopher Columbus: Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning, Milllennium, Mariner’s, All About
Amerigo Vespucci: Elizabethan Era, Milllennium
Vasco de Balboa: Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning. All About
Ferdinand Magellan: Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning, Milllennium, Mariner’s, All About
Bartholomeu Dias: Elizabethan Era, Mariner’s
Juan Ponce de Leon: Thnikquest, Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning, All About
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo:
Hernando de Cortez: Elizabethan Era, Milllennium
Hernando de Soto: Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning,All About
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado: Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning
Italy
Marco Polo: Silk Road (AMNH) , Middle Ages, Milllennium
Giovanni Da Verrazzano: Elizabethan Era
Amerigo Vespucci: Elizabethan Era, Milllennium, All About
France
Estavanico: Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning
Jacques Cartier: Elizabethan Era, Mariner’s, All About
Samuel de Champlain: Elizabethan Era, Milllennium, Mariner’s, All About
Rene Sieur de LaSalle:Milllennium, Mariner’s
Jacques Marquette: Elizabethan Era,
England
John Cabot: Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning, Milllennium, Mariner’s, All About
Sebastion Cabot: Elizabethan Era, Enchanted Learning, Mariner’s
Sir Francis Drake: Elizabethan Era, Milllennium, Mariner’s, All About
Sir Walter Raleigh: Elizabethan Era, Mariner’s
Sir Humphrey Gilbert: Elizabethan Era
James Cook: Elizabethan Era, Milllennium, Mariner’s, Cook Society
Dutch
Henry Hudson: Elizabethan Era, Milllennium, Mariner’s,All About , Chadwick
The Ships
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