Explorers and the Great Journeys of the World

Christopher Columbus     Ferdinand Magellan     Vasco da Gama     Marco Polo     Dirk Hartog     William Janz     Abel Tasman     James Cook

Sir Francis Drake     Sir Walter Raleigh     Eric the Red     Amerigo Vespucci     Jeanne Baret     John Cabot     Leif Eriksson     Bartolomeu Dias

William Dampier     Valdes     Louis de Freycinet     Willem de Vlamingh     Frederick de Houtman      Alexander Dalrymple

Explorers

Find your explorer at The Ages of Exploration

Great Voyages of the World (Choose Voyages on the top menu for Interactive Maps)

Find you explorer at Australian Dictionary of Biography

Find your explorer at The West Australian Museum

The Voyages of Discovery The Great South Land

Britannica School (Choose the level to suit you.)

The Dutch Explorers

The British Explorers

James Cook

Videos

Expeditions Return Home from New Holland (Baudin and Flinders)

Life on the HMAS Endeavour

Captain Cook and the Transit of Venus

A Virtual Tour of HMB Endeavour

Race of the Navigators (Baudin and Flinders

Shipwrecked of New Holland (Baudin and Flinders)

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Explorers of the World – the French

Explorers of the World- the Spanish

Explorers of the World – The English

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