Khan Academy
Khan Academy: French and Dutch Exploration in the New World
An overview of the French, Dutch, and English explorers in the late 1500's and early 1600's.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Sir Francis Drake: Explorer
A short biography of Sir Fancis Drake.
Curated OER
Cbc: Adventurers and Mystics: Europe and the New World
From the CBC television series about Canadian history comes this summary of the English and French search for a Northwest Passage. Find out how these explorations laid the basis for their claims in the New World.
BBC
Bbc: History: Walter Raleigh (C.1552 1618)
Brief article provides a short summary of the life of English adventurer and writer, Walter Raleigh (c.1552-1618), who established a colony near Roanoke Island. Although a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, he was eventually put to death after...
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Europe's North South Conflicts Reach the Americas
An essay detailing early English and French exploration and settlement in the New World to challenge Spanish control.
PBS
Empire of the Bay: Henry Hudson
Who was Henry Hudson? What happened to him? This one-page biography from PBS provides learners with these details and more.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi
The English explorer David Livingstone tells the story of his African travels to the Zambesi and its tributaries and the discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa in this full-text book. Multiple formats of the text are available on this page.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Henry Hudson
A brief story of Henry Hudson's explorations for the Dutch and the English and a map of his routes from 1609 to 1611.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers Spanish English Picture Dictionary
This engaging picture dictionary encourages reading and vocabulary building among your young students whose first language is Spanish. There are also coloring activities which can be printed out.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers Spanish English Picture Dictionary
This engaging picture dictionary encourages reading and vocabulary building among your young students whose first language is Spanish. There are also coloring activities which can be printed out.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorer Find It! Quizzes
These activities can be used as assessments but are very interesting as classroom small group activities for dictionary skills, vocabulary building, alphabetization, and development of beginning research skills.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorer Find It! Quizzes
These activities can be used as assessments but are very interesting as classroom small group activities for dictionary skills, vocabulary building, alphabetization, and development of beginning research skills.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers French English Picture Dictionary
This charming picture dictionary engages young students whose first language is French, and encourage reading and vocabulary building. There are also activity pages which can be printed for classroom use.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers French English Picture Dictionary
This charming picture dictionary engages young students whose first language is French, and encourage reading and vocabulary building. There are also activity pages which can be printed for classroom use.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers German English Picture Dictionary
This engaging picture dictionary encourages reading and vocabulary building among young students whose first language is German. There are also activity pages which can be printed for classroom use.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: French and Dutch Exploration in the New World
Outline text explaining how the French, Dutch, and English explorers began to make inroads into the Americans in the late 1500s and early 1600s.
Other
American Journeys: Narrative of De Soto's Expedition
Background on a narraative about Hernando De Soto's exploration of the New World, including the role played by Luis de Moscoso. The originally-Spanish narrative has been translated into English and access to that document is available...
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: John Cabot
A biography of John Cabot (1450-1499), an explorer who made the first English voyage to North America. His voyage in 1497 gave England a claim to the mainland of North America and led to the founding of the English colonies in America....
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Sir Francis Drake
A biography of Sir Francis Drake, England's explorer who was the second to circumnavigate the globe and was the mayor of Plymouth, England.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Sir Martin Frobisher
A biography of Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594), one of the first English navigators to search for a Northwest Passage to India and eastern Asia. He became known as one of the greatest seamen during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He...
Other
University of Western Ontario: Early Writing in Canada: Canadian Poetry
Collection of poetry and writing encompasses several centuries of Canadian literary production. Many of the writers are well-known historical figures, including explorers, such as Samuel Hearne, whose travel diaries are excerpted here....
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies
A fantastic resource where you can find biographies of historical figures. You can search by the person's name or by topics, such as Presidents, United States Leaders, Scientists, Inventors, Humanitarians, Explorers and Pioneers,...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Round the World
An account of Sir Francis Drake's voyage to the South Seas, and then around the Earth, that he began in 1577. The narrative is attributed to Francis Pretty, a member of the crew.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Sir Francis Drake
A biography of Sir Francis Drake which includes images of his ship, a map of his travels, and a bibliography of reference books.