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Age of Exploration: Changing View of the World: The Development of Map Making
Read a summary of the history of map-making and the maps that were produced as a result of European exploration in the Americas. See examples of these maps and find out more about each one in this exhibit from the Mariners' Museum.
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Mariners' Museum: The Ages of Exploration: Medieval
Looks at a few of the key navigational tools and significant individuals during the medieval period of exploration.
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Mariners' Museum: The Ages of Exploration: Ancient
This Ancient Exploration page presents marine technological innovations, types of ships, and information about Alexander the Great. It covers the period of time from 5000 BCE to 476 CE. Each item links to a page of additional information...
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Mariners' Museum: Vasco Da Gama
A biography of Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama, highlighting his accomplishments to European exploration. Readers will find an accompanying accounts of his voyages and a collection of the tools he and his crews used for navigating the...
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Mariners' Museum: Age of Exploration: Tools of Navigation
Sailors improved on many of the tools used in navigation to help them in their long journeys across an ocean. On this site from the Mariners' Museum, find many of these tools, perhaps in use already in the 15th century, but made even...
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Mariners' Museum: Henry Hudson
This resource presents an account of the life and voyages of explorer and navigator, Henry Hudson, who sailed and discovered for both the Dutch and English.
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Mariners' Museum: Education: Viking Ships
The Mariners' Museum provides a history of Viking ships, explorers and their discoveries.
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Mariners' Museum: Exploration Through the Ages
A history of the world from the perspective of those who sailed the seas in great waves of exploration, from ancient times through the nineteenth century. Learn about the explorers, their ships, the tools they navigated by, and their...
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Mariners' Museum: Juan Ponce De Leon
Discover details of Ponce de Leon's expeditions in search of land for Spain in the new world. Follow the Spanish explorer's trips to present day Puerto Rico, St. Augustine, and Dry Tortugas, see a map of his journey, images featuring...
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Mariners' Museum: Watermen of the Chesapeake
In this resource, students can meet the modern-day watermen of the Chesapeake Bay region. Find out about their day-to-day struggles with living and working within the nation's largest estuary system.
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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.
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Mariners' Museum: Birth of the u.s. Navy
A history of the United States Navy, from pre-Revolutionary times through the nineteenth century. Learn about the maritime commerce, wartime influence, and Congressional actions relating to the development of the Navy.
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Mariners' Museum: Waters of Despair, Waters of Hope
Find out about how Africans and their descendents have shaped the history, culture, and economy of the Chesapeake Bay Region.
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Mariner's Museum: Women and the Sea
Enter the world of the sea and find out how women have played an active role in maritime affairs throughout history. Read about everything from mythical mermaids to real women in the navy.
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Mariners' Museum: Francisco Pizarro
A not-so-nice, yet successful Spanish explorer, Francisco Pizarro is featured in a biography for conquering Peru and working his way up the Pacific coast to discover land in Central America. Check out his route and details of his...
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Mariners' Museum: The Ages of Exploration: Age of Discovery
This Age of Discovery page presents naval artifacts and explorers of the 15th century to the early 17th century. It looks at European explorers who journeyed to North and South America, the search for the Northwest Passage, and...
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Age of Exploration: The Great Exchange
A great description and explanation of the exchange that took place between the Old World and New World as a result of European exploration. Find examples of plants, animals, and diseases that were traded as a result of exploration and...
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Mariners' Museum: Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Online exhibition from the Mariners' Museum chronicles the plight of African slaves from the beginning of their journey when they are torn from their homeland all the way to the shores of the Americas. Caught up in the lucrative...
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Mariners' Museum: Chesapeake Bay: Our History and Our Future
Learn about the culture, history, and ecology of the Chesapeake Bay estuary. Follow activities of the Bay through time to learn how it has been an important part of our country's past and present times. Also find out why it is important...
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Exploration Through the Ages: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo is known for exploring the California coast and claiming the land for Spain, but he did so many other things prior to that.See why Cabrillo wa so important to the Spanish in the New World.Be sure to click on...
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Mariners' Museum: Education: Create a Globe [Pdf]
Simple instructions on how to make a globe using a pattern provided, scissors, glue, and a balloon. PDF
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Mariners' Museum: Education: Viking Discoveries
A biography of Leif Ericsson that gives information about his exploration of Canada. Also provides information about the ships he used and about his father Eric the Red.
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Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus: The Second Voyage
A report of Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the New World. Find out what islands he visited in the Caribbean, and discover how successful he was in finding riches.
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Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus: The Third Voyage
Christopher Columbus' third voyage was disastrous for him. Find out what problems he had, and read a letter he wrote hoping for intercession with Ferdinand and Isabella to help him with his problems.