This website provides information about two early explorers in Tennessee, Hernando de Soto and Daniel Boone.

The first Europeans to arrive in North America -- at least the first for whom there is solid evidence -- were Norse, traveling west from Greenland, where Erik the Red had founded a settlement around the year 985. In 1001 his son Leif is...

A well known historian tells the story of the early Spanish explorers known as "conquistadors". He discusses their motivation, what effect they had on the native American societies and much more. Archived.

A biography of Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and a summary of his voyages.

A chronological timeline of early European exploration and development in Texas spanning from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

Who was Jacques Cartier? What voyages has history recorded? This one-page biography from PBS provides learners with these details and more.

Letters from Cabot to different people in his life that explain his exploration and his discoveries.

Read through the biography of Martin Frobisher to find out his importance in Canadian history.

Native Americans inhabited the New World long before European explorers began establishing settlements on the land. This entry addresses the challenges the natives had to face upon Europe's arrival, trials in relationships, and how...

Features a time line of the events of the Viking voyages to Canada. Identifies different events that occurred during this time period of early Viking exploration.

Learn how Spain's introduction of horses dramatically impacted the lives of the Native Indians.