Explorers

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Definition/Introduction

What is the topic? What does it cover?

Once of the most common activities for humans is to explore. We are constantly exploring our surroundings. When we think of explorers and exploration we usually think about people who go into uncharted places to find out what is there. In this unit, we will study the people who set off the explore new lands on our own planet.

Catalog Subject Headings or Keywords

Discoveries Explorers Exploration Expedition See also names of individual explorers, such as Marco Polo. See also names of specific geographic areas, such as North America.

Dewey Numbers

910 Geography and Travel 910.9 Explorers and discoveries 917.04 Geography and Travel in North America 919.8 Geography and Travel - other areas 920 Collective Biography 970.01 General History - North America

Print Resources

Reference titles [dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, specific subject references]

Farrington, Karen. Historical Atlas of Expeditions. Checkmark Books, c2000.

Netzley, Patricia D. Encyclopedia of Women's Travel and Exploration. Oryx Press, 2001.

Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Exploration. Facts On File, c2004.

Explorers : From Ancient Times to the Space Age. Macmillan Reference USA, Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International, c1999.

Geography And Exploration : Biographical Portraits. Charles Scribner's, c2002.

General titles [nonfiction, any suitable fiction]

Be sure to check the school online catalog to find suitable materials

Bernhard, Brendan. Pizarro, Orellana, and the Exploration of the Amazon. Chelsea House, c1991.

Brennan, Kristine. Sir Edmund Hillary, Modern-Day Explorer. Chelsea House, c2001.

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Before Columbus : The Leif Eriksson Expedition. Random House, c2003.

Levinson, Nancy Smiler. Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World. Clarion Books, c2001.

Pelta, Kathy. Discovering Christopher Columbus : How History is Invented. Lerner Publications, c1991.

Schraff, Anne E. American Heroes of Exploration and Flight. Enslow Publishers, c1996.

Journals

Be sure to check the online periodical database which lists a great many articles.

“Discovering America”. American History & Politics, 1607-1849, 2002, p13, 2p

Hsu, Caroline. “The Chinese Columbus?” U.S. News & World Report, 2/23/2004, Vol. 136 Issue 7, p56, 4p, 4c

McClure, Larry. “Explorers & Pioneers”. Cobblestone, Apr2004, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p2, 3p, 3c

Millman, Lawrence. “Looking for Henry Hudson”. Smithsonian, Oct99, Vol. 30 Issue 7, p100, 10p, 5c

Web Resources

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"Focuses on issues, values and visions relating to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, its preludes, and its aftermath up to the present time. " Primary sources on voyages of discovery that can be found on the web. Alphabetical list of explorers. Includes information about maritime discovery from ancient times to Captain Cook's 1768 voyage to the South Pacific. Links to pages about famous explorers. Indexed alphabetically, by time period and by location. Listing of biography sites for explorers. I am [|rms_library] on [|Delicious] [|Add me to your network]
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