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Please see the information on explorers and exploration in The Discoverers (REF 910.922 found in the Wilton Library adult reference section) and the Grolier Student Library of Explorers and Exploration (REF J910.9 - found in the Children's reference section), and try searching our catalog for the subject word explorers or the specific name of the explorer.
Don't forget to ask the librarian if there are books set aside on school reserve for your topic!
Mon, Fri: 10-6; Tue-Thur: 10-7; Sat: 10-5; Sun: 1-5 (Sept-June)
- 1492: An Ongoing Voyage
- Exploring the history of contact between European explorers and the Americas between 1492 and 1600, this exhibit from the Library of Congress is a great resource for information about life in pre-Columbian America as well as the early exploration of our continent.
- The Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide
- A wonderful site with information about navigation and voyages as well as explorers. From the Mariners' Museums.
- The Columbus Navigation Homepage
- Visit this site for information about how Columbus (and other explorers) navigated by celestial navigation and "dead reckoning." Learn about his four voyages to the New World and lots of other historical information.
- Discovers Web
- This very big page collects links to lots of information about explorers from around the Web. You might want to get your parents to help you find important stuff here.
- Irish and Vikings
- This page has lots of links to other places on the Web where you can find information about Viking explorers.
- Kid Info: Famous Explorers
- A large index of links to information on individual and groups of explorers.
- Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration
- From the National Library of Canada.
- Yahoo! Exploration
- Enormous set of links from the compilers of this well-known subject directory.