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Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Learn about the history behind one of America's greatest expeditions. Lead the expedition through an interactive story, read about the Native American tribes who inhabited the area before the arrival of Lewis and Clark, and read journals written by t ...

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

1909-2009 Peary Centennial Expedition: Homage to Polar Inuit

Website for "an epic 1,600-mile dog sled journey through the polar reaches of the high Arctic in the footsteps of Robert E. Peary and other explorers of his time. Provides objectives, team biographies, and other background about the project, whi ...

http://www.pearycentennial.com/

Quebec City: 400 Years of History

"French explorer Samuel Champlain founded the first permanent French settlement in North America on July 3, 1608. In 2008, Quebec City celebrates the 400th anniversary of Champlain's feat." On this site view and listen to video and audio cl ...

http://archives.cbc.ca/society/celebrations/topics/3512/

Champlain Quadricentennial: When the French Were Here

"The year 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's arrival on Lake Champlain and his exploration of its surroundings." This site "tell[s] the story of what we celebrate and why." Features essays about Champlain, a ...

http://www.champlainquadricentennial.com/

Science Service Historical Image Collection

"The Science Service historical image collection represents twentieth-century scientific research consisting of images and their original captions as they appeared in period publications. The captions were written by Science Service journalists and h ...

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/scienceservice/

Discoverers Web

The stated intent of this directory is to "gather all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration." This text-only Web site is organized by time period and area of the world, and also contains an alphabetical list ...

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/

Virtual Exploration Society

Information about several explorers and expeditions. It includes Colonel Percy Fawcett, who charted the wilderness of South America; Matthew Henson, Peary's partner in reaching the North Pole; Amelia Earhart's last flight; Howard Carter and his findi ...

http://www.unmuseum.mus.pa.us/ves.htm

The Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake

"Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and naval strategist, circumnavigated the earth from 1577-1580. During these travels, Drake visited the Caribbean and the Pacific. ... This collection comprises important primary and secondary materials accum ...

http://international.loc.gov/intldl/drakehtml/

The Estevanico Society

An exploration of the "life and journeys of Estevanico (also Esteban or Stephen the Black) ." There is information about his "origins in Morocco, his enslavement by the Portugese and Spanish, and his historic journey through the American Southwest, e ...

http://www.estevanico.org/

ExploreNY400.com: Celebrate New York's 400th

Website for the celebration in 2009 of the 400th anniversary of "the explorations of Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain in 1609, as well as the 200th anniversary of Robert Fulton's first steamship voyage along the Hudson River," which ina ...

http://www.exploreny400.com/

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