BBC
Bbc: Vasco Da Gama
A nice biography of the great explorer focusing on how da Gama's voyage and discoveries changed the makeup of the world. Archived.
Other
Slippery Rock University: The Treaty of Tordesillas
Some very basic information on the Treaty of Tordesillas and geographic information related to South America.
Pamela Seed
The Art and Science of Fifteenth Century Navigation: Latitude
Chronicle of the changes that occurred in various areas when latitude was identified in 1516. Site includes links to the changes in maps, compass roses, and the science of sailing.
Library of Congress
Loc: Hispanic Reading Room: Cabrillo's Discovery of California
Site provides a brief explanation of Cabrillo's travels up the coast of California. A map of Cabrillo's expedition is also included.
Library of Congress
Loc: Hispanic Reading Room: The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
As part of a larger site that explores the Portuguese role in mapping the New World, this brief article talks about the legacy of Magellan, a Portuguese-born explorer for Spain whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Find...
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Gaspar Corte Real
A biography of Gaspar Corte Real (1450-1501) who was born in Angra do Heroismo, on the Island of Terceira in the Azores. He was a Portuguese explorer who explored Greenland and the coast of Newfoundland. This site has a Google widget...
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Amerigo Vespucci Facts
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Amerigo Vespucci who demonstrated that the New World was not Asia but an unknown new continent.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Amerigo Vespucci
A concise biography highlighting the contributions of explorer Amerigo Vespucci. He is credited with being the first to land on America's land knowing that it was the New World.
Other
Boglewood: Portugal's Da Gama Opens Sea Route to India
A glance at Da Gama's journey to India, with attention to its influence on Venice. Also provides a link with information on Columbus's discovery of the New World.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Beautiful Breeds: Lusitano
Facts and images of the Portuguese Lusitano horse breed. Choose Lusitano from the list on the right.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Ferdinand Magellan
A biography of the first man to sail around the globe. Discover the details of Ferdinand Magellan's life and contributions to world history.
Other
Journal of San Diego History: The Discoverer of Alta California
A scholarly article seeking to determine whether the man who discovered San Diego Bay, and who explored much of the coast of California for the Spanish, was Spanish - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, or Portuguese - Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho.
A&E Television
History.com: Bartolomeu Dias
A biography of explorer, Bartolomeu Dias, of Portugal. Dias is known for paving the way to Asia from Europe on the high seas in the fifteenth century.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias, Dias also spelled Diaz (born c. 1450-died May 29, 1500, at sea, near Cape of Good Hope), Portuguese navigator and explorer who led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope (1488), opening the sea...
Mariners' Museum and Park
The Mariner's Museum: Bartolomeu Dias
A brief biography of the life of Bartolomeu Dias.
Other
Ciencia Divertida (Fun Science): Pequenos Cientistas
Fun Science is designed to teach scientific experiments to children ages 3 to 16 in an informal and entertaining way. Click on "pequenos cientistas" to watch animated experiments and to access scientific facts and quizzes. The games...
Curated OER
Western Hemisphere, Detail of Universalis Cosmographia, 1507
English, Spanish, and Portuguese maps and letters about exploration and impressions of the Western hemisphere in the early 1500s. T