Discoverers Web: Mahu and Cordes Around 1598 several expeditions were set out from the Netherlands to the east, by various routes. Pieter van den Hagen and Johan van der Veken sent out an expedition, consisting of 5 ships and 494 men that was to reach the east by way of the Straits of Magelhaes. http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/mahuc...
Discoverers Web: Robert Gray In 1787 a trading company from Massachusetts sent out two ships to trade in sea otter pelts along the Northwest Coast. The Columbia was captained by John Kendrick, the Lady Washington by Robert Gray http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/gray....
Discoverers Web: Sebastian Cabot Information on the explorer Sabastian Cabot. http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/sebas...
Discoverers Web: Verrazzano The life of Verrazzano. He is best known for being the discoverer of New York Harbor and for mistaking Pamlico Sound for the Pacific http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/verra...
Father Marquette Jacques Marquette was born on June 10, 1673... http: //library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/father_marq...
Forbidden Territory @ nationalgeographic.com For the first time in nearly a century, relive the legend of African explorers Stanley and Livingstone by the light of the magic lantern--and sneak a peak at National Geographic's first television docudrama. http: //nationalgeographic.com/lantern/index.ht...
Foxe and James Luke Foxe had been wanting to try to find the northwest passage for 25 years, but he finally got the chance when he got some backing from influential and rich London merchants... http: //win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/foxej...
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