http://library.wciu.edu/links/ Recent bookmarks posted to Latourette Library Internet Research Links 60 http://www.africabib.org/travelers.html Part of AfricaBib, so it provides bibliographic data only. admin Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:56:06 +0000 africa explorers history missionaries women travelers http://www.africabib.org/ “.... consists of two bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature (Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database) and African Women's literature (African Women's Database). You will also find a comprehensive bibliography on admin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:55:58 +0000 african studies bibliographies explorers literature women http://www.americanjourneys.org/ Over 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies. Has teacher resources. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:04:25 +0000 explorers mountain men north america: exploration north america: history rocky mountains teaching resources vikings in canada http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ A directory of links to sites covering 'astronomical and space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year.' Browsable by month and day. Includes archive dating back to 2001. (Librarian's Internet Index). (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:30:55 +0000 anniversaries astronomy: calendars calendars explorers geography holidays space: exploration http://www.1421.tv/ Supports 'the theory that the Chinese circumnavigated and charted the globe, a century before the Europeans staked claim to having done so.' Has maps,questions and answers, a bibliography and more. Also in Spanish and Polish.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:22:25 +0000 bibliographies china - history chinese circumnavigated and charted the globe discoveries in geography explorers maps voyages around the world http://smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/start.html Includes many aspects of migration, including island peoples, nomads, pioneers, and explorers; their clothing and fashion, food migration, medicinal plants, and transportation technology; and language, belief systems, trade, visual and performing arts. admin Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:20:10 +0000 belief systems clothing emigration explorers fashion food migration human migrations immigration island peoples languages medicinal plants migration nomads performing arts pioneers trade transportation technology visual arts http://international.loc.gov/intldl/drakehtml/ 'Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and naval strategist, circumnavigated the earth from 1577-1580.' Has important primary and secondary materials accumulated about Drake's voyages throughout the then Spanish territory of the Americas. In English, Latin, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and French.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:33:10 +0000 admirals caribbean and the pacific explorers people sir francis drake (1540?-1596) spanish territory of the americas voyages around the world http://www.infoplease.com/people.html Has over 30,000 biographies, usually very brief. Also lists others (for example, a country's rulers) with birth and death dates, even if there is no biographical information on their site.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:43:06 +0000 african americans american indians architects artists asian pacific americans athletes biographies business leaders entertainers explorers filmmakers hispanic americans people poets presidents recent deaths scientists supreme court justices u.s. congressional biographies vice presidents women: biographies world rulers writers http://www.osia.org/public/culture/columbus.asp 'This study presents a series of documented facts on the life of Columbus, his explorations and their significance, as well as the history of Columbus Day in the United States. It also examines the controversial charges about the explorer that have been levied in recent years. ...'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:07:14 +0000 christopher columbus columbus day explorers holidays people special days http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/exhibits/meso/sacred.html Images with descriptioins of codices of the Mesoamerican region, created 'prior to the arrival of European explorers in the Western Hemisphere in the late 15th century.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:52:01 +0000 aztecs borgia group central america central america: history colonial codices european explorers explorers indians of central america latin america manuscripts: central america mayans mesoamerican culture mixtec codices pre-columbian aztec sacrifices south america http://www.vikingship.org Studies and promotes Leif Ericson was the first European to explore North America. Also information about the Vikings and an interactive drawing of a Viking ship.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:51:21 +0000 d. ca. 1020 exploration explorers first european leif ericson leif erikson leiv eiriksson north america people viking ships vikings http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/erikson_leif.shtml Features explorer Leif Erikson and of his journey to North America. Also articles about the Vikings. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:51:13 +0000 d. ca. 1020 exploration explorers historic figures leif ericson leif erikson leiv eiriksson north american people vikings http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/columbus/ Has 'background about how Columbus obtained support for the journey, a voyage timeline with excerpts from journals, information about the native people Columbus encountered (such as the Tainos and Caribs) and his activities after his return, and a map.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:54:52 +0000 america: discovery and exploration bahamas canary islands columbus day columbus: christopher cristobal colon cuba dominican republic explorers geography guanahatabeys hispaniola holidays indians native americans people http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/ Explores new excavations and hieroglyphic translations to interpret the early history of Copan, a Classic Maya site in northern Honduras. Includes information on Mayan hieroglyphics, teaching materials, and more. admin Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:50:01 +0000 antiquities: maya indians archaeology excavations explorers hieroglyphic translation history: copan honduras john lloyd stephens king mayan site mayas nova teaching materials http://www.desertusa.com/ Sections on animals, plants, people (Native Americans, explorers, and ancient peoples), geology, Places to Go, Things to Do, recipes, and more. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:35:41 +0000 ancient peoples animals arizona california colorado deserts: southwest usa explorers geology nevada new mexico people (native americans plants recipes southwest united states: description and travel texas united states: deserts utah