Explorers

The Barren Lands Digital Collection
Photographs, maps, and documents from two exploratory surveys conducted by J.B. Tyrrell of the region west of Hudson Bay.
http://digital.library.utoronto.ca/Tyrrell/

Captain Christopher Newport
Admiral of Virginia and founder of Jamestown. Includes images.
http://www.captainchristophernewport.com

Count Matus Moric Benovsky
Biographical article on the Hungarian explorer (1746-1786), who journeyed to the Northern Pacific and became Emperor of Madagascar.
http://www.slovakopedia.com/m/moric-benovsky.htm

Discoverers Web
Large collection of information and links on voyages of discovery and exploration. Includes a list of explorers who died on their voyages and biographies of several explorers.
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/

Discovering the Lost Legacy of Jedediah Smith
Presents a biography, chronology, image gallery, and map gallery.
http://www.jedsmithlegacy.com/

The Franklin Trail
Archaeological survey of evidence and artifacts relating to the final days of the Franklin expedition.
http://www.netscapades.com/franklintrail/

The Great Web of Percy Harrison Fawcett
Information about the British explorer's Brazilian expedition.
http://www.phfawcettsweb.org/

Hall of Explorers
Biographical articles on several explorers. Students can submit content.
http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofexplorers/

List of Explorers
Index to Wikipedia articles on world explorers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_explorers

Pedro Álvares Cabral
Brief biographical article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral

The Pre-British Explorers of Australia
Short expedition biographies of a few British, Dutch and French explorers, with historic maps.
http://australianexplorers.tripod.com/

Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland
An account of the last voyage, told by Edward Haies, commander of The Golden Hind, 1583.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1585haies-gilbert.html

Virtual Exploration Society
Information, pictures, biographies of a handful of explorers through time.
http://www.unmuseum.mus.pa.us/ves.htm