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- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage - A US Library of Congress exhibit which examines indigenous peoples in five parts of the Americas and their sustained contact with European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600.
www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
- Age of Exploration - Curriculum guide to maritime exploration throughout history, including a time line list of major events, 3200 B.C. - 1779 A.D..
www.mariner.org/age
- Ancient Egypt: Voyages of Exploration - A summary of early Egyptian voyages along the eastern African coast and the attempted circumnavigation of Africa.
nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/topics/exploration.htm
- Antarctic Philately - History, biographies, and memorabilia of explorers of the "great white continent".
www.south-pole.com
- Maps of Exploration and Discovery - Searchable collection of historical manuscripts and maps, from the US Library of Congress.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/dsxphome.html
- Meeting of Frontiers - "A bilingual, multimedia English-Russian digital library 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." From the US Library of Congress.
frontiers.loc.gov
- Mercator's World Magazine - "The Magazine of Maps, Exploration and Discovery", including "modern and historic explorers, expeditions, and discoveries."
www.mercatormag.com
- Ships of Discovery - Underwater archaeology and shipwrecks. "Sheds light on the ships that have made our planet one world."
www.shipsofdiscovery.org
- Society for the History of Discoveries - Offers an annual prize for an essay on voyages, history of exploration, navigation, nautical travels, maritime history, and geographical discovery.
www.sochistdisc.org
- Spanish Conquest of Native America - The exploration of North America by Spanish explorers Cabreza de Vaca and Hernandez de Soto and their encounters with Native Americans.
www.floridahistory.com
- The Age of Discovery - Chapter-length article written in 1966 reviewing the literature on exploration. Includes references, by Wilcomb E. Washburn.
marauder.millersv.edu/~columbus/data/art/WASHBR05.ART
- Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons - Leads visitors on a journey through the past centuries looking at the explorers, the dangers they faced, where they went, and their motivations for exploration. In English and Dutch.
library.thinkquest.org/C001692
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