CPL Databases

• Electric Library Elementary
  • Click on"Topics" tab at the top of the page, then select "Biographies", then select "Biographies by Profession," then select "Explorers." Will provide a list of explorers by name and by nationality. 
• World Book Online Search under "Exploration" for a history of exploration. Use a specific name (i.e. Christopher Columbus) for specific people.

Web Sites

• Discoverers Web 
• European Voyages of Exploration: 15th & 16th Centuries
• Mariners' Museum: Age of Exploration
• Vikings
• Also try the CPL Biographies page