European+Explorers

=[|Exploring the Early Americas]=

=[|Zoom Explorers]=

=[|The European Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries]= This multimedia tutorial focuses on Spain and Portugal's explorations and conquests in Asia, Africa, the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Americas.

=[|Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration]= Features information on **European** voyages and explorations in North America, from Columbus's Atlantic crossing in 1492 to Roald Amundsen's exploration of the Northwest Passage in 1905. Browsable by name of explorer, or chronological outline.

=[|Major European Explorers]=

=[|Explorers of North and Central America]= = = =[|Famous Explorers (Elizabethan Era)]=

=[|Famous Explorers]=

=[|Biographies of Famous Explorers]=

Portugal

 * [|Portuguese Explorers]
 * [|Vasco de Gama Seeks Sea Route to India] - Long, detailed article about de Gama's trip to India.
 * [|Famous Hispanics: Vasco Nunez de Balboa] - Biography and illustration of the first European explorer to stand on the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.

Spain

 * [|Conquistadors]
 * [|Hernando de Soto] - Describes de Soto's travels in interior America.
 * [|Modern History sourcebook--Magellan] - GReat descriptive page on Magellan.

England and the Netherlands

 * [|Famous British Explorers]
 * [|Sebastian Cabot] - Biography of Sebastian Cabot.
 * [|John Cabot] - A really short biography of John Cabot.
 * [|Modern History Sourcebook: Letters about John Cabot's voyage] - Letters about John Cabot's voyage to the New World.

France

 * [|Samuel de Champlain] - Virtual museum site on Champlain.
 * [|Famous French Explorers]
 * [|Virtual Museum of New France]