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  • 1492: An Ongoing Voyage
    Library of Congress exhibit examining the mixture of societies coexisting in five areas of the Western Hemisphere before European arrival.
    www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
  • PolarHusky.com [pick] [read review]
    An educational exploration of Nunavut setting out to document climate change in the Arctic Circle.
    www.polarhusky.com
  • 2000 Chevron Duyfken (Little Dove) Expedition
    A project reenacting the voyage of the Dutch ship Duyfken to Australia, marking Europe's first written record of that continent. Read about the original travels of the exploration vessel, or see pictures of the making of the replica ship.
    www.duyfken.com
  • American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition [pick] [read review]
    Showcases the papers, photographs, field notes, and anthropological objects from the 1909-1915 expedition.
    diglib1.amnh.org
  • Hakluyt Society
    Fee based memebership organization offering scholarly editions of records of voyages, travels, and geographical discovery.
    www.hakluyt.com
  • Ships of Discovery
    Research and educational organization studying ships of the earliest European explorations in the New World.
    www.shipsofdiscovery.org
  • Society for the History of Discoveries
    Formed to stimulate interest in teaching, research, and publishing the history of geographical exploration. Includes information about the journal Terra Incognitae.
    www.sochistdisc.org
  • Female Explorers
    Articles, news, and links about the women exploring the world.
    www.femexplorers.com
  • Polynesian Voyaging Society (2)
    Investigates the means by which Polynesian seafarers discovered and settled nearly every inhabitable island in the Pacific Ocean.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Exploration/Polynesian_Voyaging_Society
  • Captain Morgan's Journal
    Directory of online resources for maritime and nautical history, pirate lore, Vikings, and the Navy. Includes suggested reading lists for those interested in maritime facts and trivia.
    emporium.turnpike.net/Z/zen/PIRATES/Morgan.html
  • Conquistadors
    Online companion to the series examining the explorations of Cortes, Orellana, Cabeza de Vaca, and Pizarro. Also offers an online learning adventure for students and teachers.
    www.pbs.org/conquistadors
  • Discoverers Web
    Collection of links and information from around the web about voyages of discovery and exploration.
    www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery
  • Latitude: The Science of Sailing the World
    Comparison of maritime maps before and after sailors learned to measure their latitude, or distance from the Earth's poles. The discovery of latitude revolutionized the art of sailing and the European exploration of the globe.
    www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi
  • Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons
    Online exhibit about the history of ocean and maritime exploration. See images, maps, and other information about notable explorers, expeditions, and navigations.
    library.thinkquest.org/C001692
  • European Voyages of Exploration
    Historical overview of maritime exploration by Portugal and Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries, when they established sea routes between the world's continents. Also examines the economic, political, and cultural patterns of that era in Europe.
    www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya
  • Hudson's Bay Company@
    Examines the Hudson's Bay Company that originally mapped much of what is now Canada. Includes sites about its history as well as current activities.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../By_Subject/Hudson_s_Bay_Company
  • Meeting of Frontiers [pick] [read review]
    Library of Congress presentation that tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. In English and Russian.
    frontiers.loc.gov:8081/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html
  • Portola Expedition of 1769
    Information on the land and maritime expeditions of what was later to become California.
    www.mchsmuseum.com/portola1769.html
  • Sebastian Vizcaino's Exploration of Monterey
    Account of Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino's expedition to Monterey, in what is now California, on December 16, 1602.
    www.mchsmuseum.com/vizcaino.html
  • Wings Worldquest
    Dedicated to researching, promoting, and celebrating contributions of extraordinary women explorers. Includes information on the annual Women of Discovery Awards.
    www.wingstrust.org
 


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