Explorers
Books
Exploreres and Discoverers (Reference) - Short biographies arranged in
alphabetical order (4 vols.)
Search the library catalog for books about your explorer. Do you know where the 921's are, and what you will find there?
Online Subscriptions
Discovering
Collection - Search for the name of your explorer to find biographical
information. New
Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia - Search for your person's
name to find short biographies.
Americana
Encyclopedia- Search for your person's name to find short biographies.
Web Sites
An alphabetical list of explorers, with links to different sites, can be found as part of the Discoverers Web. (Note: The links range from simple, well-written articles, to scholarly journals that are hard to understand.)
Scroll through this list of links from The Mariners' Museum to find information on Cabot, Columbus, Magellan, and Vasco da Gama. The Mariners' Museum also has a timelineon the age of exploration.