Pbs Learning Media: World Explorers: Francisco Vazquez De Coronado

Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who is commonly thought to have been on a search for the fountain of youth. He is remembered for colonizing the Caribbean, and for discovering Florida and trying to establish a...

Learn about French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle. He established Fort Frontenac on the Great Lakes. He then traveled across the Great Lakes and explored the length of the Mississippi River, establishing Louisiana Territory at...

Hernando De Soto was a Spanish conquistador who mercilessly exploited the native peoples in the new world, enslaving them, killing them, and plundering their gold and silver. His actions made Spain a wealthy country and helped to...

Examines the Italian explorer John Cabot. He is believed to be the first European to set foot on mainland North America, landing in Newfoundland. His voyages to the new land were financed by King Henry VII of England. [4:23]

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer who is recognized as the first person to understand that the new land was not Asia. He did this by applying his cartography skills and mapping the stars he saw in the Southern Hemisphere. He is...

Even today, the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus is a controversial figure. Learn about his life and voyages, and why there is so much disagreement about his legacy. [4:48]

Ibn Battuta, a learned Muslim explorer, traveled throughout Africa and Southeast Asia for thirty years and documented his experiences, providing an invaluable record of the Muslim world in the 14th century. [4:21]

Learn about the life of Marco Polo, a Venetian explorer who traveled 6,000 miles from Venice in the 13th century, to meet Kublai Khan in Asia, where no European had ever journeyed. The trip lasted twenty-four years. Later, his memories...

What is a media baby? Discuss at what age children should be exposed to electronic media. After reading an article, they identify the types of media products for infants and toddlers. Learners will predict the effects of media on the...

Learn about the life and explorations of Samuel de Champlain, about his travels through the region that became Canada, and about the French colonies he established. [4:12]