North American Explorer Project

Students research and present the following facts:

1. Name of the Explorer
2. Personal Information (Nationality, trade, childhood information-if available, how they became interested in sailing/exploring)
3. Purpose of Expedition(s) (include who was financing the expedition)
4. Travel Route(s) (include the date(s) of the expedition)
5. Results of the Expedition(s) (New trade route, discovery of new land, etc)
6. Importance of this Discovery and this person’s journeys
7. Challenges that this explorer faced
8. Other Important facts that you would like to include about this explorer

DUE ON OCTOBER 19TH

You may present this information in any media communique that you desire.   Examples used in the past have been www.prezi.com , a webpage, Powerpoint, a physical poster-board, and a video representation.  

1. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1557)
2. Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512)
3. Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
4. Don Juan de Onate
5. Eric the Red (986)
6. Estevanico
7. Ferdinand Magellan   (1519)
8. Francisco Coronado
9. Francisco Orellana (1541)
10. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1540-1542)
11. Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) (1497)
12. Giovanni De Verrazano (1524)
13. Henry Hudson (1610)
14. Hernando Cortes (1519-1521)
15. Hernando de Alarcon (1540)
16. Hernando de Soto (1541)
17. Jacques Cartier (1534)
18. Jacques Marquette (1673)
19. Jean Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe (1683- September 26, 1765)
20. John Cabot
21. Juan Bautista de Anza (1736-1788)
22. Juan Ponce de Leon
23. Leif Eriksson (1000)
24. Louis Jolliet (1673)
25. Martin Frobisher (1576)
26. Pedro Alvarez Cabral (1500)
27. Pedro Menendez de Aviles
28. Ponce de Leon (1513)
29. Robert LaSalle
30. Samuel de Champlain (1604)
31. Sieur (Robert) de La Salle (1682)
32. Sir Francis Drake
33. Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1789)
34. Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583)
35. Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1513)
36. Vitus Bering (1728-1741)
37. Willem C. Schouten (1615)
38. William Baffin (1616

For those that want to present in a blog or website:
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Here are some websites to use to get a great start:

http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/explorer_websites.htm   

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/links.html